James Knott wrote:
I'll have to do some experimenting, to see which interface is causing the problem. I just tried editing the ethx file for the interface connected to the cable modem. If I remove the setting for mtu and restart networking,
James Knott wrote: the problem returns and ifconfig shows an mtu of 576. If I do the same to my local lan interface, the mtu remains at 1500.
IIRC, 576 is the minimum MTU for the internet, there is an RFC for it. I'm wondering if it was set automagically by pmtu discovery, but if 576 is the appropriate value for your cablemodem, setting it to 1500 should have ruined your download rate. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-2.4°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org