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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!battery.awod.com!usenet From: lam@awod.com (Ken Lam) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PPP Framing errors Date: 25 Aug 1996 16:03:07 GMT Organization: Integrated Technical Systems Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4vptfr$eqk@battery.awod.com> References: <4vka0u$p1u@stratus.skypoint.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: chs0085.awod.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 In article <4vka0u$p1u@stratus.skypoint.net>, psonnek@skypoint.com says... > >I am running a test, between Trumpet/winsock and iijppp on FreeBSD I get >occasional PPP framing errors, and I'm not sure how to deal with them. > >The worst, is if I try and ftp a file from FreeBSD to windows, I >immediatly start getting ppp framing errors (1500). This is a know problem with Trumpet Winsock. I'm not sure if they have fixed the problem in the later releases (after B), but TWSK did not handle MTUs of 1500. TWSK doesn't know how to handle them properly when received. If you changed the TWSK MTU to say 1200 then all your errors would vanish. Ken -- --- Ken Lam lam@awod.com Integrated Technical Systems Systems, Networks, and Internet Solutions -- Defining Technology Today "'Plug and Play' was only applicable to the original ATARI(tm)"