Subject: Re: http over ppp ?
To: Brian Buhrow <buhrow@cats.ucsc.edu>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/01/1997 13:45:27
Brian Buhrow writes:
> 	Is it also possible that the Windows 95 implementtation isn't handling
> IP fragments properly?

No, because the tcpdump he did indicated that there were no fragments
involved.

I will note that '95 machines and NT machines have tremendous trouble
with fragments, but that wasn't the problem in this instance.

Perry

> 
> On Mar 31,  9:31pm, "Don Ray" wrote:
> } Subject: Re: http over ppp ?
> } Hi Perry,
> } 
> } Thanks for that incredible interpretation of tcpdump!
> } At the end of your analysis you queried:
> } 
> } > It appears that for whatever reason, the second machine isn't being
> } > very nice.
> } > 
> } > You don't say if this happens over your PPP link or your ethernet.
> } 
> } That was the dump result for the browser over the ppp link method. The
> } browser over the ethernet gets pages from the same server just fine.
> } 
> } > One possibility is that the link is handling short packets well but is
> } > scrambling long ones. You might try doing pings with long packet
> } > lengths and see.
> } 
> } Maybe I should experiment with smaller mtu and mru sizes on the ppp link
> } along with the long packet pings.