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Re: IP Chains Rules



well....
thank you all people...
mulix, i dunno if thats what you ment and if this what caused it but i just
reconnected the internet... this time without the mtu decreased to 1452
according to the HOWTO (it's now 1500).

btw, why did u write in  th howto to decrease the mtu to 1452? you didn't
explain it there

----- Original Message -----
From: "mulix" <mulix@actcom.co.il>
To: "Noam Meltzer" <tsnoam@zahav.net.il>
Cc: "IGLU" <linux-il@linux.org.il>; <tsnoam@excite.com>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: IP Chains Rules


> On Mon, 28 May 2001, Noam Meltzer wrote:
>
> > What happens is that when i try to get my messages from the win2k
> > masq-client (using netscape) it connects to the pop3 server and learn
> > that I have X messages, but it can't download them.
>
> as always when it has to do with adsl and the connection works in a non
> deterministic fashion (you can LIST messages but you can't receive
> them), check the MTU on eth0, ppp0 and the masqueraded clients. This is
> explained in the HOWTO, and the correct values are given.
>
> > I tried to send mail (SMTP) and it worked no problem.
>
> hmmm, this does not fit the pattern as i remember it. first of all,
> check the MTU as outlined above. if you check and the MTU is absolutely
> correct, it's time to sit with a packet sniffer on the wire and discover
> where exactly the connection goes awry.
>
> --
> mulix
> http://www.advogato.com/person/mulix
>
> linux/reboot.h: #define LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC1 0xfee1dead
>


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