On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 17:35 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > In the account setting in kppp click on "customise pppd arguments" and > add mtu xxx as a parameter. > > > where xxx is a number. > > before doing this take a look at the output of ifconfig ppp0 when you > are connected and see what the mtu is set to, and try something smaller. > Both problems (not sending email with more than a few words, and not receiving secure web pages) are apparently solved by taking mtu in stages down to 250. The original setting (from ifconfig) was apparently MTU:1500.
I wonder what made the change necessary? Switching from Mandrake to Ubuntu? Switching from Ubuntu to Mandrake? I found it very messy and tedious getting Ubuntu on line (dial-up), although my daughter's installation had previously gone smoothly. I wonder why Telstra Clear didn't suggest MTU to me? Perhaps they would have if they'd known. Thanks again Nick and Jim
