Re: VPN IP packet size problem
Re: VPN IP packet size problem
- Subject: Re: VPN IP packet size problem
- From: Vincent Lubet <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 22:40:31 -0700
Is this about Mac OS 8/9 or Mac OS X?
Vincent
On Tuesday, October 8, 2002, at 12:37 PM, Michael Tennes wrote:
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Could anyone answer the following question or point me in the right
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direction?
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In trying to configure all of our Macintosh clients to connect to our
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VPN were running into an IP packet sizing problem.
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In testing I can establish a VPN connection fine from a Mac and ssh to
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another macintosh or linux box on the company's intranet. I can do
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various commands as long as the response of the command is only a few
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lines of text (eg. ls). When the response to the command is long (eg.
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ls -lag) I get a few lines of text and then the connection hangs.
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We've determined that this is related to the size of IP packets that
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it's trying to send.
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It appears that the PIX firewall and router cant allow automatic IP
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packet size negotiation. We have no control over the router. As
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embarrassing as it is, the VPN adapter for a windoze 98 machine has an
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option for IP packet size. Choices are Automatic, Small, Medium and
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Large. Selecting small IP packet size for the VPN adapter under
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windows 98 gets a windows machine up and running.
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The question is: Is there a way to specify the packet size that the
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VPN client can send or disable automatic negotiation?
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