[GLLUG] Meeting reminder

Ben Pfaff blp@cs.stanford.edu
28 Mar 2002 19:13:34 -0800


basher584 <basher584@usol.com> writes:

> Someone at the meeting mentioned when they were using their
> Linux router/firewall they couldn't get to specific sites.
> Check to make sure ECN isn't turned on.

Also make sure that you don't have your MTU set too high.  Some
sites have both a low MRU and stupidly configured ICMP filtering
that prevents the packet saying to use smaller packet sizes from
getting back to the sender.
-- 
"Writing non-free software is not an ethically legitimate activity, so if
 people who do this run into trouble, that's good!  All businesses based
 on non-free software ought to fail, and the sooner the better."
--Richard Stallman