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Re: linux<->linux<->solaris problems persist...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (eichin@cygnus.com)
Sat Feb 18 02:25:45 1995
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 95 01:21:02 -0500
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <9502180556.AA00374@paycheck.cygnus.com> (eichin@cygnus.com)
From: eichin@cygnus.com
>> for a CSLIP connection (MTU 296). The Portmaster is on my office
>> ethernet (MTU 1500, mask 24/8) and the Linux box is on my home
>> ethernet (MTU 1500, mask 26/6 -- with published arp entries on the
On a hunch, I raised the MTU for the CSLIP connection to 1500 (yes,
both sides :-) Now everything is fine -- which points to some sort of
MTU negotiation (via packets with DF set, which might be getting
lost?) as the likely culprit. I can live with the higher MTU (that's
only 1 second at these baud rates anyhow.)
_Mark_ <eichin@cygnus.com>
