Subject: Re: http over ppp ?
To: Don Ray <perry@piermont.com>
From: Brian Buhrow <buhrow@cats.ucsc.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/01/1997 09:59:29
Is it also possible that the Windows 95 implementtation isn't handling
IP fragments properly?
-Brian
On Mar 31, 9:31pm, "Don Ray" wrote:
} Subject: Re: http over ppp ?
} Hi Perry,
}
} Thanks for that incredible interpretation of tcpdump!
} At the end of your analysis you queried:
}
} > It appears that for whatever reason, the second machine isn't being
} > very nice.
} >
} > You don't say if this happens over your PPP link or your ethernet.
}
} That was the dump result for the browser over the ppp link method. The
} browser over the ethernet gets pages from the same server just fine.
}
} > One possibility is that the link is handling short packets well but is
} > scrambling long ones. You might try doing pings with long packet
} > lengths and see.
}
} Maybe I should experiment with smaller mtu and mru sizes on the ppp link
} along with the long packet pings.
} Thanks so much for your help!
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