On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Daniel Pearson wrote:
[... lots of useful info sniped ...] all the issues with the MTU relate to masqueraded machines, NOT to the host machine itself, excetp for setting the MTU on the ethernet interface to 1500, and that of pppd to 1452 (both mtu and mru). and even they are not related to problems with pptp or pppd - only with TCP connections. > About the only thing > I haven't yet tried is using my roommate's Windows machine to directly dial in > to the DSL provider. and this is _exactly_ what you should try to do - put it up without any masquerading software, and see if it has similar problems. if it does - contact your ISP's support, and don't be surprised if they refer you to bezeq's support. to _me_ at least, it sounds like a line problem, and bezeq's people have managed to missconfigure lines in the past. just rememebr that if you call them while you try to connect using linux, they'll send you away. so make sure the problem exists with winME in single-user as well, and then call support with this setup in place. and when you talk to bezeq's ADSL customer support - _insist_ that they check the definitions of your ADSL line (after they perform the normal test of 'is that green lamp set on? please trn the modem off, and then on again, and try again. what error message do you have, again?' etc. its a mandatory route towards getting them to actually check for the problem (i guess many users do have problems which are solved this way). > When I lived in Baltimore, I attended the University of Maryland at Baltimore > County (aka UMBC), and I was very active in the UMBC-LUG <http://lug.umbc.edu>. > Through my involvement in that LUG, I made some of my best friends, including > my former roommates <http://www.geeksimplex.org>. > > I'm very interested in participating in a Jerusalem-based Linux club.I'm very > willing to give a few lectures.My main Linux-related interests include Debian > and Python.I hope to meet many of you face-to-face sometime soon. if you manage to help getting the jerusalem club back to life - we'll all praise you :) that'll be the 3rd such attempt, i believe. good luck, -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
