[102115] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cox clamping VPN traffic?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Moyle-Croft)
Sat Jan 26 02:44:30 2008
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:42:43 +1030
From: Matthew Moyle-Croft <mmc@internode.com.au>
To: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner@cluebyfour.org>
CC: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0801260123090.13832@whammy.cluebyfour.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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> Could it be that the provider is silently inserting RSTs into live flows?
He's talking about traffic inside a VPN also there doesn't seem to be a
problem with the transfer stopping (which RSTs would cause) just slowing
down.
> Before walking down that road, however, are you sure you're not
> dealing with an MTU/TCP-MSS/DF bit issue?
I'd suggest that this is a reasonable angle - I've seen various VPNs go
slowly because of these kinds of issues.
MMC
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