Subject: Re: Networking question MTU on non-local nets
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 06/16/2003 16:19:20
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On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 10:59:28AM -0500, Donald Lee wrote:
> If you hit a small packet router (i.e. PPPoE, VPN, etc) the fragmented
> or oversized packets effectively get silently dropped.  This behavior has=
 to be
> MI, and it's hard to believe that no one has run into this.

If the ICMP responses to your DF bit are getting dropped, there's a
firewall in violation of RFC 2979 between you and the host you're
trying to reach.

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gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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