Re: wi0 and mtu setting [bad idea]

2003-01-06 Thread Andrew Gallatin
M. Warner Losh writes: > > Well, this converstation needs to take place on the net@ list. In > -current, at least, if_ethersubr.c prevents 'ethernet' drivers from > setting the mtu higher. There's some experimental patches that make It doesn't prevent anything. It just sets the mtu to a

Re: wi0 and mtu setting [bad idea]

2003-01-06 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Evren Yurtesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : Sorry about that but everybody seemed to disagree to having this option of : 1500+ MTU settings in wi driver. : : If you will support this, then its just fine for me. I dont complain! =) : Sorry! Well, this c

Re: wi0 and mtu setting [bad idea]

2003-01-06 Thread Evren Yurtesen
Sorry about that but everybody seemed to disagree to having this option of 1500+ MTU settings in wi driver. If you will support this, then its just fine for me. I dont complain! =) Sorry! Evren On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Evren Yurte

Re: wi0 and mtu setting [bad idea]

2003-01-06 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Evren Yurtesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : I think something is called broken when it doesnt work as you expect it to : work or it doesnt comply with standards. : Also I think something is called an 'extra feature' if it is not in the : standard which d

Re: wi0 and mtu setting [bad idea]

2003-01-06 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Evren Yurtesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : Yes, actually this is why I asked first about MTU settings in wi. I use : PPPoE and it has 8bytes overhead. It could be nice to set MTU to 1508 so : 1500 byte ethernet frames can be encapsualted in PPPoE withou

Re: wi0 and mtu setting

2003-01-06 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Evren Yurtesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : I definetely agree and obviously since mikrotikos supports this then linux : should do since mikrotikos is built on linux. Why shouldnt FreeBSD support : setting mtu of wireless interfaces higher than 1500 Pat

Re: wi0 and mtu setting [bad idea]

2003-01-06 Thread Evren Yurtesen
I think something is called broken when it doesnt work as you expect it to work or it doesnt comply with standards. Also I think something is called an 'extra feature' if it is not in the standard which defines it but you have access to it. Can you please show me the 802.11b document where it says

Re: wi0 and mtu setting [bad idea]

2003-01-06 Thread fkittred
On Fri, 3 Jan 2003 21:28:35 +0200 (WET) Evren Yurtesen wrote: > Isnt it also the responsibility of the person who sets the MTU that he > should be sure everything will work right? in my access points setting MTU > to higher than 1500 works for example. I am using linux based access > points. For

RE: wi0 and mtu setting [bad idea]

2003-01-04 Thread Evren Yurtesen
ig hilsen / Best regards > > Sten Daniel Sørsdal > Wireless Manager > WAN Norway AS > --- > > > -Original Message- > From: Wright, Michaelx L [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 3. januar 2003 19:28 > To: Evren Yurtesen; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc

RE: wi0 and mtu setting [bad idea]

2003-01-03 Thread Sten Daniel Sørsdal
n Yurtesen; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Michael Sierchio; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: wi0 and mtu setting [bad idea] Good Afternoon All, I am curious to know if you are taking into account MTU limitations imposed by link-partners i.e. switches, hubs, routers an

Re: wi0 and mtu setting

2003-01-02 Thread Evren Yurtesen
I definetely agree and obviously since mikrotikos supports this then linux should do since mikrotikos is built on linux. Why shouldnt FreeBSD support setting mtu of wireless interfaces higher than 1500 On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Michael Sierchio wrote: > David Magda wrote: > > Evren Yurtesen <[EMAIL PRO

RE: wi0 and mtu setting

2003-01-02 Thread Evren Yurtesen
rappy old Nortel 8603 routing switch >supports up to MTU 1960 > > Any corrections appreciated > > // Sten > > -Original Message- > From: David Magda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 2. januar 2003 21:59 > To: Evren Yurtesen > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [E

Re: wi0 and mtu setting

2003-01-02 Thread Evren Yurtesen
But if you are using PPPoE then you should set the mtu of the pppoe connections to 1492 because of the 8 bytes overhead of the PPPoE (if you are not using encryption or compression) So if a server sends a packets which are 1500bytes and plus 8bytes PPPoE then it is 1508 bytes. So the sending inter

Re: wi0 and mtu setting

2003-01-02 Thread Michael Sierchio
David Magda wrote: Evren Yurtesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I wonder how come wi driver doesnt let me to set mtu higher than 1500 even though I know the card supports it? Because the maximum size of the data poriton in a frame for 10Mbit and 100Mbit Ethernet is 1500. That makes no sense

RE: wi0 and mtu setting

2003-01-02 Thread Sten Daniel Sørsdal
PROTECTED]] Sent: 2. januar 2003 21:59 To: Evren Yurtesen Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wi0 and mtu setting Evren Yurtesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I wonder how come wi driver doesnt let me to set mtu higher than 1500 > even though I know the card supports it?

wi0 and mtu setting

2002-12-27 Thread Evren Yurtesen
Hi, I wonder how come wi driver doesnt let me to set mtu higher than 1500 even though I know the card supports it? Will this be changed in a new version of the driver? Evren To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message