Hello, I've recently started using a provider that needs pppoe and I'm having problem configuring my box for it. My debian box acts as a router/firewall for several other computers on the network.
It seems to connect fine through pppoe, gets an IP address and DNS servers. However, only 1 machine on the network can connect to the internet. Other machines have various problems. For instance, they hit google.com in a second, but other sites just sit there forever after getting the title, or some other sites get some info but never finish loading. The machine that does work is the one that provider's software was originally installed on, so I'm thinking their software might have changed some ethernet parameters. I think it might be an mtu blackholing issue but I don't know how to fix it. I tried to uncomment a line in dsl-provider file that decreases MTU to 1452 or 1412 and it doesn't make any difference. And 'ifconfig ppp0' shows 1492 always. I've read on ubuntu list that there's some problem in either pppoe or ppp that doesn't allow setting mtu correctly. I wonder if the same problem since it might be the same package. One other piece of info: if I plug my machine into a router that the provider gave, and let it handle pppoe, everything works fine. That router has MTU set to 1492. I'd appreciate any help at all. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
