Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 08:43:20 +0200 (CEST) From: Christophe <xtof@olympe.dnsalias.com> To: Mikko Tyolajarvi <mikko@dynas.se> Cc: <xtof@olympe.dnsalias.com>, <mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ADSL, PPPoE and Xircom CEM56 Message-ID: <20010913083746.A5824-100000@zeus.olympe.fr> In-Reply-To: <200109121856.f8CIuMf55093@explorer.rsa.com>
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Hi, what i mean when i say 'it hangs' is: the FreeBSD box hangs (and not the internet connexion), and i have to power cycle it. I read the documentation you have sent to me and i will give (good i hope) news. Christophe On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Mikko Tyolajarvi wrote: > 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 Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi_______________________________________mikko@rsase= curity.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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