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Re: Problems using IPMASQ with PPPOE



Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca> writes:

> "Philip Bubel" <philip@bubel.com> writes:
> 
> > I am having problems using IPMASQ with PPPOE.  I'm running kernel 2.4.3 with
> > the latest potato packages of IPMASQ and PPPOE, and the kernel is complied
> > correctly (I think).  I am able to use PPPOE no problem, as the Linux box can
> > connect to the internet, however none of the machines behind the firewall
> > can.
> 
> With pppoe, there are problems with mtu sizes being mismatched which
> cause the connection to freeze.  Running the following (one line)
> after the other rules are added fixes this for me:
> 
> iptables -I FORWARD -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN -j TCPMSS 

This line got truncated.  The last part should read

  --clamp-mss-to-pmtu

> See
> 
>   http://www.hgfelger.de/mss/mss.html
> 
> for more information.
> 
> Dan



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