also sprach Andrew Miehs <andrew@2sheds.de> [2006.08.29.2125 +0200]: > How big are 'ack' packets? Could it be that you have a small MTU? and > that their 'brilliant' gateway 'drops' all icmps, so that they don't > the PMTU information? > > Just a REALLY wild guess... I may have small other things, but my MTU is BIG. Good idea though, but I don't think this is the case. There are no ICMP packets leaving my firewall, and the upstream Internet connection has a standard 1500 MTU. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck http://debiansystem.info `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems micro$oft windoze is like an air-conditioner: it breaks down if you open a window.
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