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Date:      Tue, 18 Jun 2002 20:32:43 -0400
From:      Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
To:        Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: tracking down strange MTU issues with PPPoE)
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.0.20020618203201.07212f30@192.168.0.12>
In-Reply-To: <20020619003326.6cc5740d.brian@Awfulhak.org>
References:  <5.1.0.14.0.20020618163928.05018cf0@marble.sentex.ca> <5.1.0.14.0.20020618163928.05018cf0@marble.sentex.ca>

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Yes, that did it!   Thanks very much! What is different about that, and me 
setting it on the other end as part of the virt-template ?

         ---Mike

At 12:33 AM 6/19/2002 +0100, Brian Somers wrote:
>Perhaps adding
>
>   set mtu max 1452
>
>will help ?
>
>On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 16:54:49 -0400, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> wrote:
> >
> > The DSL whole supplier we use (Bell Canada) has been turfing their Redback
> > SMSes and moving to an ERX from unisphere networks.
> >
> > With the Redback, all was great... I had a FreeBSD box acting as a NAT
> > gateway for a number of Windows boxes and all was great.  Then, the
> > customer got moved over to one of these ERXes and there is now some 
> strange
> > MTU problem.  Couple of things.  Supposedly the default MTU on the ERX is
> > 1472 (or 1452) depending on who you talk to and not 1492.
> >
> > e.g. when doing a fetch to
> >  >> lynx2.8.4rel.1.tar.bz2 doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/.
> >  >> Attempting to fetch from http://lynx.isc.org/current/.
> > Receiving lynx2.8.4rel.1.tar.bz2 (1940531 bytes): 0%^C
> > 16682 bytes transferred in 89.5 seconds (186.41 Bps)
> > fetch: transfer interrupted
> >
> > Notice the speed... Its totally brutal. yet, a transfer from just a few
> > hops away is fine.
> >
> > My question is, how can I track this problem down ?  There seems to be 
> some
> > strange interaction with FreeBSD because if I put a Windows box on the
> > other end, it does not suffer from this same problem. I can easily repeat
> > the problem, but the question is, how can I track down the issue and then
> > explain it to my telco.
> >
> > (Note, I have tried various MTU and MRU settings.
> >
> > Thanks for any pointers.
> >
> > 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #0: Tue Jun 18
> >
> >
> > default:
> >   set log Phase Chat LCP IPCP CCP tun command
> >   ident user-ppp VERSION (built COMPILATIONDATE)
> >
> >   # Ensure that "device" references the correct serial port
> >   # for your modem. (cuaa0 = COM1, cuaa1 = COM2)
> >   #
> >   set device /dev/cuaa1
> >
> >   set speed 115200
> >   set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \
> >             \"\" AT OK-AT-OK ATE1Q0 OK \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT"
> >   set timeout 180                        # 3 minute idle timer (the 
> default)
> >   enable dns                             # request DNS info (for 
> resolv.conf)
> >
> >
> > pppoe:
> >   set device PPPoE:fxp1
> >   #set mtu 1452
> >   #set mru 1452
> >   set speed sync
> >   enable lqr
> >   set lqrperiod 5
> >   set cd 5
> >   set dial
> >   set login
> >   set timeout 0
> >   disable deflate pred1 mppe
> >   deny deflate pred1 mppe
> >   set authname user@example.com
> >   set authkey thepassword
> >   set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0
> >   add default HISADDR
> >
> >
> >
> >       ---Mike
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Mike Tancsa,                                            tel +1 519 651 3400
> > Sentex Communications,                          mike@sentex.net
> > Providing Internet since 1994                    www.sentex.net
> > Cambridge, Ontario Canada                       www.sentex.net/mike
> >
>
>
>--
>Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>                       <brian.somers@sun.com>
>       <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;                <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org>
>Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !       <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org>

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Mike Tancsa,                          	          tel +1 519 651 3400
Sentex Communications,     			  mike@sentex.net
Providing Internet since 1994                    www.sentex.net
Cambridge, Ontario Canada			  www.sentex.net/mike


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