On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:09:45 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> Is there a simple way for a FreeBSD system to cause its peer to >>>> use a transmit segment size of, say, 640 bytes -- so that the peer >>>> will never try to send a packet larger than that? >>>> >>>> I'm trying to get around a network packet-size problem. In case >>>> it matters, the other end is SunOS 4.1.1 on a sun3, and I've been >>>> unable to find a way to limit its packet size directly. >>> >>> Setting the interface MTU should do it, i.e.: >>> >>> ifconfig re0 mtu 640 >>> >>> Not all interfaces support setting the MTU and some may have range >>> restrictions though. >> >> In particular, this seems to work with my wlan0 interface, but not >> with my re0 interface ... > > That's certainly simple enough, and xl0 apparently supports the > reduced mtu setting. It seems to be working just fine. Thanks! > > I'd thought of trying to set the sun's MTU, but hadn't been able > to find a way to do it. It had never occurred to me that setting > the *recipient's* MTU would limit the *sender's* packet size.
You can edit `/etc/hostname.foo0' in the Sun too, and add something like: 192.168.1.10/24 mtu 640 but since now you are happy with the new setup, that's fine :) _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"