On 2007/11/27 09:44, Sevan / Venture37 wrote: > > Use the suggested pf setting. It is the right way do handle it and > > there will be no ill side effects. > > Ok, so where does this statement from the pppoe(4) man page come in to play? > > "Note that setting the MSS this way can have undesirable effects, such as > reducing TCP/IP throughput, and interfering with the OS detection features of > pf(4)."
That's usually better than the alternative (i.e. going to all the machines behind the NAT and changing their MTU).
