> On Sunday 25 November 2007 00:00:45 Sevan / Venture37 wrote: >> Is the support for adjusting the mtu with VIA Rhine-II chipset based >> interfaces missing because of hardware limitations or because support for >> it hasn't been written yet?? >> >> # ifconfig vr0 mtu 1492 >> ifconfig: SIOCSIFMTU: Inappropriate ioctl for device >> >> >> >> Sevan / Venture37
> Appears to me that via hands out specs on a nda & case-by-case basis. Not sure > why soekris decided to use those chips in the net-5501. Actually they use via > rhine-III but they behave the same. > If you're routing to dsl you can workaround in pf.conf by putting a line like > scrub out on $ext_if max-mss 1452 > in the normalization section. > > Regards, > Dorian > Hi Dorian I'm aware of that option from reading the pppoe(4) man page, but I'm not too keen on the side effects, hence why I was asking on the list about the interface as I wouldn't mind testing a snapshot which did support it. The system I'm going to be using is a jetway mini-itx board with a vr interface built onboard & 3 re interfaces on a daughterboard, it'd be a shame to waste a gigabit interface for the pppoe connection. Sevan / Venture37 _________________________________________________________________ 100s of Music vouchers to be won with MSN Music https://www.musicmashup.co.uk
