[Gllug] Re: hello, and a NAT problem

[Bruce Richardson]

On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 11:57:19PM +0000, lists wrote:
> Thanks Richard, that was it. Luckily iptables can clamp it : 
> 
> iptables -I FORWARD -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN -j TCPMSS 
> --clamp-mss-to-pmtu 
> 
> so I don't have to set the MTU to 1492 on all the clients to match the 
> 8-bit short DSL. 

You shouldn't need to do this with iptables, though.  It should really
be sorted at the connection level.  What hardware/software are you using
to connect?

-- 
Bruce

It is impolite to tell a man who is carrying you on his shoulders that
his head smells.
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