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Date:      Thu, 11 Feb 1999 22:06:36 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        fenner@parc.xerox.com (Bill Fenner)
Cc:        fenner@parc.xerox.com, lile@stdio.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, julian@whistle.com
Subject:   Re: Why did this panic?
Message-ID:  <199902112206.PAA15948@usr06.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <199902112054.MAA01500@mango.parc.xerox.com> from "Bill Fenner" at Feb 11, 99 12:54:24 pm

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> When the connection was established, the MSS options in the SYN packets
> determine what size packet each end may send; I was just wondering if
> somehow the other system had negotiated a 2K MSS.

Size negotiation is end-to-end.

There have been a number of people using a FreeBSD machine as a
gateway, dialing up with PPP, and then having problems with end
to end communications because of setting the "don't fragment" bit.
The -current list archives are littered with the discussion.

If this is your setup, then you might want to look there.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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