Re: [squid-users] wccp and MTU

From: sk <suresh.kumar@dont-contact.us>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 20:08:50 +0700

Thanks for the reply.

Could you throw some more light on how to set the path mtu.

TIA
Sk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Henrik Nordstrom" <hno@squid-cache.org>
To: "sk" <suresh.kumar@online.com.kh>
Cc: <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: [squid-users] wccp and MTU

> On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, sk wrote:
>
> > Could somebody tell how to set mtu for wccp redirection
> >
> > a lot of clients using pppoe have problem with wccp redirection. They
can
> > work if they point their browsers directly to the squid.
>
> I guess these PPPoE users using a smaller MTU than the default? Such
> situation is a common source of problems with most WCCP routers as they do
> not track connections and fails to send the ICMP "must fragment" messages
> to the Squid server.
>
> The MTU is set by the MTU of the interface or route on the Squid server.
>
> Another viable option is to disable Path-MTU discovery towards the
> clients.
>
> Regards
> Henrik
>
Received on Fri Dec 10 2004 - 06:08:37 MST

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