Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 11:56:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Mikko Tyolajarvi <mikko@dynas.se> To: xtof@olympe.dnsalias.com Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ADSL, PPPoE and Xircom CEM56 Message-ID: <200109121856.f8CIuMf55093@explorer.rsa.com> References: <200109121012.f8CACLY01536@zeus.olympe.fr>
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In local.freebsd.mobile you write: >i have the following configuration >- FreeBSD 4.3 >- Toshiba Satellite 320CDT >- Xircom CEM56 ethernet adapter >- ADSL connection through PPP with >the PPPoE protocol >- this box also acts as a router for the >local network >when the box is connected to the Internet, >sometimes it hangs, and since few days i know >how to reproduce: >ping -s 1464 InternetIP : OK >ping -s 1465 InternetIP : HANGS >it seems that when the box receives too 'big' >packets it hangs. Yes, it is a problem with PPPoE (silly protocol...), broken routers and packet sizes. Upgrade to a newer version of ppp, which contains workarounds for this problem. I believe <http://www.freebsd.org/~brian/>; contains both binaries and sources you should be able to use. In <http://www.daemonnews.org/200101/pppoe.html>, section 6.3 you can find an explanation of what is happening. $.02, /Mikko -- Mikko Työläjärvi_______________________________________mikko@rsasecurity.com RSA Security To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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