>>> On 11/20/2008 at 5:19 PM, "Slavick, Jack H" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am having a problem configuring VIPA on SLES9 Linux on z. I think the > problem is a mismatch in MTU sizes between out VIPA OSA definitions and > the dummy device we create. For some reason, we can only have a max MTU > size of 1500 on the dummy device and the real OSA is 8992 (actually a > VSWITCH on an OSA). I'm kind of new to Linux so I assume that I am doing > something wrong with the modprobe command. Can anyone tell me how to > define a dummy device with a higher MTU? > Modprobe dummy > > Ifconfig dummy0 nn.nn.nn.nn netmask 255.255.255.0 ifconfig dummy0 nn.nn.nn.nn/24 mtu 8992 If you configure your dummy interface through YaST, you should be able to specify it there, and that should wind up in the /etc/sysconfig/network/icfg-??? file that gets created. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
