Re: [2.1.34] IP-masq still broken

Joshua Snyder (josh@ims1.imagestream.com)
Tue, 15 Apr 1997 01:24:00 -0500 (EST)


We had the same problem, but with a 2.0.x kernel. The fix was to make
sure that both ends of the ppp link had an mtu of 1500.

josh

On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, B. James Phillippe wrote:

> Greets,
>
> I'm running 2.1.34 with IP masquerading. I've been running
> this setup (with previous revision kernels, of course) for a few months
> now and it's been working great. The latest problem, however, is that
> my masqueraded network cannot connect to www.excite.com (the search
> engine) or some of the TicketMaster CGI servers. The SYN is sent but
> the data never comes back. It just sits there stupidly, forever. Other
> web sites are fine. I can connect to excite without a problem, as can
> the masqueraded hosts when using squid on my box (a proxy cache server).
>
> Suggestions? I have tcpdump output for anyone who knows enough about
> the ipv4 masquerading stuff to take a look at this.
>
> thanks,
> --
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