Re: 2.4.18 netfilter NAT problem

[Enrico Zini <zinie@CS.UniBO.IT>]

On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 10:50:24AM +0100, Enrico Zini wrote:

> The server is a smal woody box with kernel 2.4.18 and an iptables
> configuration for firewall and NATting the other two home computers to
> access the net thru my ADSL connection.
> 
> The problem is that a natted connection hangs after some data has been
> transmitted: if I ssh to an external host from the server, the session
> works fine for hours; if I ssh to an external host from a box behind the
> server, the connection hangs after I performed a few operations.

I've solved the issue and I'm replying to this mail to add the solution
to the list archives.  The problem was solved lowering the MTU in PPPOE
from the default value to 1440.  My ISP probably changed some setting
while I was away.


Bye, Enrico

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