On Mon, Mar 22, 1999 at 11:27:40AM -0800, David A. Ranch wrote:
>
> >Oops... the problem arises when **INside MTU is lower**,
>
> Or Higher I beleive.
mhhh I don't think so. The packet will bounce for being TOO large to
come in.
>
>
> >1) HOWTO lower inside mtu without touching WHOLE device:
> > in 2.2
> > # ip route add internal_client/32 mtu 296
>
> I would think this is a hack at best. I would think that Linux
> should be able to do this automatically for either the specific
> internal IP address or the subnet as a whole.
Of course. The above lines were intented FOR TESTING PURPOSES ONLY(ie. firing
"artificial" mtu bouncing). Excuse me if I didn't state that clearly.
> Ahhh.. a reason! Excellent! I'll add that to the new HOWTO. Any
> news from the Linus prompt about getting this new patch set into
> the mainstream kernel?
I suppose I must split the patch into smaller functional parts to be
considered.
BTW It's VERY important to have feedback, ie "your patch saved my life" and
similars 8>
Regards
--
-- Juanjo http://juanjox.linuxhq.com/
== Yerba mate & Linux == ... ehee
what a !P0WER!
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