Re: Alan's bug catalogue

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 2 Jun 1996 11:39:45 +0100 (BST)


> I have my local MTU set to 296 for sl0, but I'm not sure if the
> other end is honoring this size, and the automatic detection
> doesn't seem to be happening. The problem only happens in combination

SLIP requires both ends set the same MTU and set it by hand. It is not
negotiated or set by the protocols as PPP does.

Alan