if youre on a ppp link, i think this will help: iptables -I FORWARD -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN -o <ppp_interface> -j TCPMSS -clamp-mss-to-pmtu
--edel On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 08:11:16 +0800, Paul Patrick Carpio Prantilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Orlando Andico wrote: > > perhaps this is similar to the yahoo login problem experienced by > > users of squid. i think it has something to do with the "do not > > defragment" bit in the TCP header. i assume you mean web login. i > > assume yahoo messenger logins still work as advertised. > > > > Hello, > > Thanks. The network in concern uses PLDTs DSL. I don't use squid > though, so if squid is the culprit...it would probably be on PLDTs side. > I'll try to look in to it some more. Btw, yup...I mean having problems > with the web login. Yahoo messenger logins still work perfectly. > > I've just observed some puzzling behaviour since my last post however. > Using the linux box as a router with the kernel that had some stripped > down networking options, some of the clients were in fact able to login > to mail.yahoo.com, however they were not able to logout. After a few > hours however, they were not able to anymore. > > Using a windows PC as a gateway/router causes no problems however. All > the nodes in the small network are able to login any site at all. The > inconsistency of it all is quite boggling. I still can't shake the > feeling however that it may be due to some network option configuration > in my new kernel since the problems started exactly after upgrading to > 2.4.28. > > > > > -Paul Patrick Carpio Prantilla > > ================================== > The statement below is false. > The statement above is true. > ================================== > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
