On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 11:08:06AM +0100, Martin Kaeske wrote: > Hello, > I'm using FreeBSD-4.4-STABLE and have an OpenBSD-2.9 router to > connect to the internet (via DSL). If i try to do a cvsup > (cvsup.de.freebsd.org, cvsup2.de.freebsd.org, cvsup.freebsd.org) > i'm getting a lot of "icmp: Destination unreachable, need to frag > <mtu 1488>" messages and cvsup fails (timeout). The curious thing > is if i disable net.inet.tcp.path_mtu_discovery or if i lower the > MTU to 1488, everything is fine (of course). > That's why i wanted to ask wether FreeBSD fails to lower the MTU > (it should lower it due to the icmp messages, shouldn't it?) or > is there any pppoe specific problem between me and the cvsup servers? > > Martin > PS: AFAICS cvsup is the only problem ftp/http/nntp works fine
You have not, by any chance, firewalled ICMP replies, have you - either outgoing on the router, or incoming on the FreeBSD box? G'luck, Peter -- This sentence no verb. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
