Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:15:14 -0700 | From | Nishanth Aravamudan <> | Subject | Re: The system works (2.6.14-rc2): functional k8n-dl |
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On 22.09.2005 [15:19:05 -0400], Bill Davidsen wrote: > Nishanth Aravamudan wrote: > >Hello all,
<snip my long mail>
> >code in such a solid state. I have had only one complaint so far: it > >seems that the the "Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit > >Ethernet PCI Express" adapter, with the tg3 driver, downs and ups the > >iface on MTU changes. Unfortunately, with some VPN software I use, it is > >sometimes necessary to drop the MTU to 1300 or so to get consistent > >connections. When I do this, though, ssh through the tunnel tends to not > >function. I have a workaround, where I bounce over a different laptop, > >but that's a bit of a pain (and that network adapter seems to be able to > >transiently change the MTU). Not a big deal, in any case. > > You can (or could in 2.4) sometimes play with the size for an individual > IP by using the "mss" option of the old "route" command. That shouldn't > glitch anything, it just should use little packets.
Yes, I see that still being an option. Let me go learn how to use route and see if that works better.
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