Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 01:19:02 +0800 From: Victor Tsang <victor.tsang@ieee.org> To: Bryan Liesner <bleez@bellatlantic.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPPoE and nat Message-ID: <39315506.CE81E1E9@ieee.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005280840150.322-100000@adsl-151-197-204-160.bellatlantic.net>
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Bryan Liesner wrote:
> >My environment is one FreeBSD running as gateway, connecting my LAN and
> >ISP using PPPoE and there is a Macintosh running Darwin in the LAN for
> >my testing purpose.
> >
> >Either I don't enable NAT in rc.conf, or set ppp_nat="YES" , the
> >behaviors are the same:
> >
> >In Macintosh, when I telnet to outside world, I can see the login screen
> >and login prompt. Once I key in the user name and password, there is
> >nothing to show on screen and eventually the telnet timeout and
> >disconnected.
> >
>
> I had a similar problem with nat and a Win98 box. If the FreeBSD
> system seems to work OK, but the Mac hangs up on outside connections,
> try adjusting the MTU to 1492 on the Mac. I guarantee that the
> current settings have MTU set to 1500. I have _no_ experience with
> Macs, so I couldn't tell you how to accomplish that.
Thanks Bryan.
That means I have to change all machines in my LAN to have MTU be 1492.
Err... I see. NAT is solely address translation, no "re-frame" :)
BTW, how to change MTU in windows machines as I also have NT box in the LAN.
--
Victor Tsang
victor.tsang@ieee.org
FreeBSD + AfterStep
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