Messages in this thread | | | From | Herbert Rosmanith <> | Subject | Re: NCSA telnet doesn't work any more | Date | Wed, 27 Mar 1996 13:50:50 +0100 (MET) |
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> > Herbert Rosmanith (herp@wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.AT) wrote: > : > 3. While configuring Linux answer Y to the following question: > : > > : > : IP: Disable Path MTU Discovery (normally enabled) > : > : (CONFIG_NO_PATH_MTU_DISCOVERY) [N/y/?] > : > > : > (the simplest, but the most silly way) > > : silly ? no ... I had problems with other software/hardware that actually > : *crashed* unless I set Disable=Y. > > It is very interesting information, especially about hardware. > > Really, when the PMTU algorithm was integrated to kernel, > I waited for storm of complaints, but nobody did not cried. > > Yet, what software/hardware do you mean? > > Alexey Kuznetsov. > >
software=PCroute, hardware=a seperately designed LAPB capable card (with a Z80 onboard doing LAPB processing) for a leased line to our university (i.e. no dial up). the card is/was produced in hungary. as soon as I used this machine as a router, with Linux doing some ftp/www, it simply crashed (the hard way :)
/herp
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