Re: Windows 2008R2 MTU reverts to default

2013-06-14 Thread Benedikt Stockebrand
Hi Fernando and list, > Is there any reason for which the router is including an MTU option? in a somewhat questionable way it makes sense: The best chance to find a correctly configured MTU in most subnets is likely the router, so making it send an MTU option ensures that it is applied to all no

Re: Windows 2008R2 MTU reverts to default

2013-06-13 Thread Fernando Gont
On 06/10/2013 10:59 PM, Dick Visser wrote: >> >> A thought, so only qualifies as "might", I don't know Windows to speak >> definitively, but ... IPv6 NDP Route Advertisement with the MTU option? >> >> Windows then updating the manually-configured value based upon learnt >> values on the wire? > >

Re: Windows 2008R2 MTU reverts to default

2013-06-11 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013, Daniel Roesen wrote: On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 07:29:43AM +0200, Enno Rey wrote: b) (much better): have the router advertise the lower MTU you want to use in the RAs by just setting a lower MTU on the (router) interfaces in question. See also: http://blog.ioshints.info/2013

Re: Windows 2008R2 MTU reverts to default

2013-06-11 Thread Enno Rey
Hi, On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 12:48:37PM +0200, Daniel Roesen wrote: > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 07:29:43AM +0200, Enno Rey wrote: > > b) (much better): have the router advertise the lower MTU you want to use > > in the RAs by just setting a lower MTU on the (router) interfaces in > > question. > >

Re: Windows 2008R2 MTU reverts to default

2013-06-11 Thread Daniel Roesen
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 07:29:43AM +0200, Enno Rey wrote: > b) (much better): have the router advertise the lower MTU you want to use in > the RAs by just setting a lower MTU on the (router) interfaces in question. > See also: > http://blog.ioshints.info/2013/01/mtu-issues-and-tcp-mss-clamping-in

Re: Windows 2008R2 MTU reverts to default

2013-06-10 Thread Enno Rey
Hi, On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:59:21PM +0200, Dick Visser wrote: > On 10 June 2013 22:48, Phil Pennock wrote: > > On 2013-06-10 at 14:57 +0200, Dick Visser wrote: > >> This works for a while, but after a minute or so it changes back to the > >> default: > > > >> Any ideas what might be causing

RE: Windows 2008R2 MTU reverts to default

2013-06-10 Thread Christopher Werny
Hi, see below. On 10 June 2013 22:48, Phil Pennock wrote: >> On 2013-06-10 at 14:57 +0200, Dick Visser wrote: >>> This works for a while, but after a minute or so it changes back to the >>> default: >> >>> Any ideas what might be causing this? >> >>A thought, so only qualifies as "might", I don

Re: Windows 2008R2 MTU reverts to default

2013-06-10 Thread Dick Visser
On 10 June 2013 22:48, Phil Pennock wrote: > On 2013-06-10 at 14:57 +0200, Dick Visser wrote: >> This works for a while, but after a minute or so it changes back to the >> default: > >> Any ideas what might be causing this? > > A thought, so only qualifies as "might", I don't know Windows to spea

Re: Windows 2008R2 MTU reverts to default

2013-06-10 Thread Phil Pennock
On 2013-06-10 at 14:57 +0200, Dick Visser wrote: > This works for a while, but after a minute or so it changes back to the > default: > Any ideas what might be causing this? A thought, so only qualifies as "might", I don't know Windows to speak definitively, but ... IPv6 NDP Route Advertisement

Windows 2008R2 MTU reverts to default

2013-06-10 Thread Dick Visser
Hi I'm trying to debug a connectivity issue on a Windows 2008R2 system, and I'd like to carry out some tests with different MTUs. According to the docs at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753156(v=ws.10).aspx#BKMK_setinterface I issue this command: C:\Windows\system32>netsh interface