Re: PPP MTU on an Ethernet link.

2010-03-30 Thread Alexander Samad
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:32 AM, wrote: > Observed Phenomenon [snip] > Questions > Can anyone explain why the dhcp negotiation > in Lenny results in MTU = 576?  Is there any ask the dhcp server, as somebody suggested it might have something to do with pmtu > practical way to get 1500? > > Than

Re: PPP MTU on an Ethernet link.

2010-03-29 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 13:32 -0700, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > Observed Phenomenon > The interface from a Squeeze Linux router to > an ISP cable modem, configured with this line > in /etc/network/interfaces, has MTU = 1500. > iface eth0 inet dhcp > Good; just as expected. > > For Lenny, the s

PPP MTU on an Ethernet link.

2010-03-29 Thread peasthope
Observed Phenomenon The interface from a Squeeze Linux router to an ISP cable modem, configured with this line in /etc/network/interfaces, has MTU = 1500. iface eth0 inet dhcp Good; just as expected. For Lenny, the same /etc/network/interfaces yields MTU = 576. Very odd. This value shoul