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Re: Bezeq ADSL setup



hi cedar:

|  It is my complete guess that the Linux 'NAT' code forwards packets and
|  only rewrites the source IP/port address on outgoing packets and does not
|  modify the packet in any other way (like fragmenting it).  Someone correct
|  me if I am wrong ;)

well, it a bit beyond that. when you are NAT-ing, you are considered a
router, so when a packet that it bigger than the MTU of the outgoing
link is sent, you drop the packet. but an ICMP message "please fragment"
returns to the original sender.

Shlomi.

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Shlomo Matichin       shlomom@cs.huji.ac.il
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