[plug] failing adsl connection

[Sol]

Craig Ringer wrote:

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>
> If your DSL modem has a PPPoE client in it, it'll most likely be doing 
> this job it's self. If not, the router/gateway host doesn't need to 
> worry when it comes to it's own net connection, since it knows the 
> desired MTU. However, if you have clients connected to the 
> router/gateway that makes the initial PPPoE connection, you'll need to 
> be ensuring that packets get fragmented properly or setting a lower 
> MTU on the clients. RP-PPPoE's config will handle the fragmentation 
> stuff for you, so you generally don't have to worry. Not unless you 
> encounter (say) an FTP server that DROPS PACKET FRAGMENTS (yes I've 
> seen this) - which is pretty rare and falls in the category of 'what 
> are you ON?!!'

This sounds exactly like the problem that I was experiencing. I took 
responsibility for pppoe away from the modem because I thought I needed 
the gateway to handle pppoe in order to do IP forwarding. That's why (I 
now realise) I started having the error messages and flaky connection. 
When I allowed the modem to handle the connection and figured out how to 
do IP forwarding with the modem handling pppoe the problem was solved.

I think... :-\

cheers; sol


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