On 10/16/01 9:22 PM, Pete Stephenson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (>> lines are
my original):

>> I've been running SIMS 1.8b8 for awhile with no problems. Running on the
>> same system has been IPNetRouter to handle NAT routing for the rest of the
>> house (dual Ethernet cards - one for the house Ethernet, one for the DSL).

>> Sunday, I installed a Linksys DSL router. SIMS remained where it was. The
>> Linksys router was configure to make the system with SIMS the "DMZ host"
>> meaning all traffic from outside to well-known ports is directed to that
>> host.
> 
> Interesting. I run SIMS from behind a Linksys router (the one with
> the 4-port switch and wireless antennas, cost a pretty penny, but is
> worth every cent) and didn't bother with the DMZ.
...
> It works flawlessly.

For closure on this, based on a suggestion I received elsewhere, I played
with the Linksys MTU setting. Setting it to 1492 and the problem went away
(by default, with MTU Control disabled, it is 1500).

I can only guess some sort of weird packet assembly/disassembly bug -
perhaps in relationship with the DirecTVDSL/Telocity gateway.

> What version of the firmware for your router are you using? If not
> the latest version, considering upgrading -- just get a TFTP client
> (I use MacTFTP) and download the drivers from the Linksys site.

I did upgrade to the latest but it made no difference until I played with
MTU. I appreciate the suggestion of how to upgrade the firmware from a Mac
but since we have two PCs as part of the network (my wife's, not mine :-( ),
I took the path of least resistance and did it from a PC. I'll understand if
my sin in doing so gets me expelled from the group. :-)

-- Larry Stone
   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   http://www.stonejongleux.com/
   


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