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Re: Bezeq ADSL setup
- To: Cedar Cox <cedarc(at-nospam)visionforisrael.com>
- Subject: Re: Bezeq ADSL setup
- From: Shlomo Matichin <shlomom(at-nospam)cs.huji.ac.il>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 16:39:05 +0300 (IDT)
- cc: Miki Shapiro <aris(at-nospam)pharoe.com>, Happy Linux Campers <linux-il(at-nospam)linux.org.il>
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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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