Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 19:28:08 -0500 (EST) From: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com> To: "Rogier R. Mulhuijzen" <drwilco@drwilco.nl> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, John Telford <j.telford@sympatico.ca>, <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Firewalling a PPPoE, any easy workaround to MTU on lan stations ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.30.0102041927350.6552-100000@paprika.michvhf.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.0.20010205000202.00c47f00@mail.bsdchicks.com>
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On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Rogier R. Mulhuijzen wrote: > At 22:50 4-2-01 +0000, Brian Somers wrote: > > > John Telford wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm putting a 4.2 R firewall in for a ppoe connection. (sympatico) > > > > Is there any workaround I can use so I don't have to reduce the MTU > > on all > > > > the internal stations ? > > > > It's a mix of Windows 9x and Macs. And I've found only one utility > > capable > > > > of adjusting MTU on Macs. > > > > Can anything be done on the freebsd box as the traffic goes through it ? > > > > Thanks in advance, John. > > > > P.S. the pppoe setup went fine thanks to a page at www.sympaticousers.org > > > > and some further notes at www.freebsddiary.org > > > > > > > > > ppp now has an option where it will force the negotiated packet size > > > of new tcp sessions going through it down. (i.e it fiddles with the > > packets) > > > check the man page.. I THINK it may be in 4.2, if not it's in -Stable > > > >It didn't make 4.2 - it was MFC'd on December 18 :-( > > Brian, may I quote you from a different thread? =) > > "I think I've figured out the problem though... can you try the latest > version of ppp - should be available via > http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html RSN (the 010204 archive) if you > don't get -current. " > > John might not need that version, but shouldn't he be able to run a newer > ppp on his 4.2-R without hitches? No reason why not.. I'm doing it. Vince. -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: vev@michvhf.com http://www.pop4.net 128K ISDN from $22.00/mo - 56K Dialup from $16.00/mo at Pop4 Networking Online Campground Directory http://www.camping-usa.com Online Giftshop Superstore http://www.cloudninegifts.com ========================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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