Re: [squid-users] Problems POST-Method on Squid 3

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:31:30PM +1300, Amos Jeffries wrote:
> > Hello List,
> > I'am having problems with my squid 3 on Centos.
> > If I try to use POST-Method (e.g. Webmail, Bugzilla) the proxy returns
> >
> > "Read Timeout"
> > No Error
>
> This error indicates a network issue below Squid. The remote server has
> been sent and accepted the request, but has not sent back any reply within
> 15 minutes.
>
> My experience with this its always been a PMTU error somewhere on the
> Internet between Squid and the server combined with someone blocking ICMP.
>
> Amos
Thanx Amos.
That did the trick.
I had to disable automatic PMTU discovering by setting
net.ipv4.ip_no_pmtu_disc=1
in my /etc/sysctl.conf.
After that it works like a charm.

Cheers,
ku

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