[Gllug] Re: hello, and a NAT problem

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Bruce Richardson writes:
> 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?

Im using pppoe for the dsl connection, and did see it mentioed here
http://www.linuxforum.com/linux-ip-masquerade/mtu-issues.html
that the mtu problem can be resolved by setting
CLAMPMSS=1412
in pppoe.conf 

Im glad you mentioned this -- I was wondering if this is a better place to 
apply this fix, than in iptables. 

The reason did it in iptables was that this is a mobile gateway server which 
has to connect via dsl, analog modem, gprs, globalstar -- whatever is 
available -- as well as a dvb/ip downlink. I figured I might have more MTU 
problems from other sources and could iron them all out with this iptables 
rule. 

Is this the case? Is the 4092 MTU a problem that is unique to dsl? 

Thanks for your time, 

Julian 
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