Re: IP Masquerading in 2.1.126

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 1 Nov 1998 15:33:08 +0000 (GMT)


> changing the MTU on the local eth0 interface from 576 to 1500 fixes
> the problem with outside websites sometimes not appearing (though
> certain others, notably www.news.bbc.co.uk seem very slow). So,
> thanks to those who offered help, though this was my own fix...

The ethernet MTU is 1500 bytes. You'll confuse the hell out of other boxes
on the lan if you change it

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