Re: [squid-users] wccp and MTU

You can try the patch in Bug #1154

Regards
Henrik

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, sk wrote:

> 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 - 06:38:12 MST