Re: [Users] Path MTU Discovery Problem

From: Ken Bantoft (ken_at_freeswan.ca)
Date: Fri Dec 13 2002 - 04:03:24 CET


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On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, steven.TSE wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I got a problem on transferring large file over IPsec VPN, its config as
> subnet-to-subnet with one tunnel (no gate-to-gate nor gate-to-net...). I
> have followed the FAQ about examining encrypted packet (Ref:
> http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/linux-ipsec/html/2000/12/msg00224.html ),
> it did have about 90% of packet lost on "ping -n -f -s 40000" and about 5%
> lost on "ping -n -f -s 2000".
>
> My network is simple like those examples:
>
> 192.168.100.0
> |
> gate1 (Freeswan 1.99 with kernel 2.4.19)
> ||
> VPN
> ||
> gate2 (Freeswan 1.99 with kernel 2.4.18)
> |
> 192.168.200.0
>
>
> The config file is also as simple as those examples, however, I added
> compression on both side and "overridemtu = 1500" as henry's article (Ref:
> http://www.freeswan.org/freeswan_trees/freeswan-1.99/doc/background.html#MTU
> .trouble ).

Try 1440 instead. Or use iptables to clamp the MaxSegSize. See my
posting here:

http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/linux-ipsec/html/2001/11/msg00436.html

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