[Gllug] Network freeze.

[Gordon Joly]

Many thanks. I have already tried a change to

"MTU 576"

which seems to be a value suggested elsewhere.

Gordo

At 21:38 +0100 2001-08-03, Andre Newman wrote:
>On Friday 03 August 2001 09:51, you wrote:
>  > I have small network at home. Linux PC plus two others. If I send a
>>  large file up through the Linux box (modem to Freeserve Anytime) the
>>  network freeze and I have to reconnect.
>
>I've been chasing a similar problem all week with Demon & Mandrake 8.0,
>setting the mtu to 500 seems to reduce freeze ups but isn't a fix. :-(
>
>I think it's pppd related as an identical machine but with an ISDN card
>doesn't have the problem. Next thing to try was a kernel upgrade if I can
>this Dang 2.4.7 to compile :-(
>
>MTU setting is in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 on a recent
>Mandrake or Redhat box and maybe others as well.
>
>If I ever get to the bottom of it completely I'll post the conclusion.
>
>Andre
>
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