comp.os.linux.networking

Moe Trin wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Apr 2008, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.networking, in
> article , Shadow_7 wrote:

>>I guess I tracked it down to the packet size again. Except this time I
>>needed to add -mru to /etc/ppp/options to get it working. Which sets the
>>MRU to 1500.

> In your original post you stated this is Debian Etch and this is a dialup
> connection. I'm not using Etch, but the latest version of pppd is 2.4.4
> available at ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/ppp

> -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 688763 Jun 28 2006 ppp-2.4.4.tar.gz

> Looking at the man page or the source file for ~/pppd/options.c there is
> no '-mru' option. The Changes-2.3 file stated for 2.3.0

Hi Moe!

Man pages don't always include dated options while the source may but
not always where one would expect.

~/shop/pppd/ppp-2.4.4/pppd$ grep -Irs '\-mru' .
./lcp.c: { "default-mru", o_bool, &lcp_wantoptions[0].neg_mru,
./lcp.c: { "-mru", o_bool, &lcp_wantoptions[0].neg_mru,
./pppd.8:.B default\-mru
~/shop/pppd/ppp-2.4.4/pppd$

Unfortunately I have nothing else to offer the OP in the way of help. :(
But I would be suspicious of the Java applet. Or the new Java versions
of M$:

"I'm on the latest java, and up to date with Debian Etch/stable.
And everything was working two weeks ago. And was working with much
older java versions on windows last week."

Cheers-
--
Clifford Kite
/* "PPPoE has many advantages for DSL service providers, and
practically none for DSL consumers."
- David F. Skoll */