Sevan / Venture37 wrote:
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>> On Sunday 25 November 2007 00:00:45 Sevan / Venture37 wrote:
>>> Is the support for adjusting the mtu with VIA Rhine-II chipset based
>>> interfaces missing because of hardware limitations or because support for
>>> it hasn't been written yet??
>>>
>>> # ifconfig vr0 mtu 1492
>>> ifconfig: SIOCSIFMTU: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sevan / Venture37
> 
>> Appears to me that via hands out specs on a nda & case-by-case basis. Not
> sure
>> why soekris decided to use those chips in the net-5501. Actually they use
> via
>> rhine-III but they behave the same.
>> If you're routing to dsl you can workaround in pf.conf by putting a line
> like
>> scrub out on $ext_if max-mss 1452
>> in the normalization section.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dorian
>>
> 
> Hi Dorian
> I'm aware of that option from reading the pppoe(4) man page, but I'm not too
> keen on the side effects, hence why I was asking on the list about the
> interface as I wouldn't mind testing a snapshot which did support it. The
> system I'm going to be using is a jetway mini-itx board with a vr interface
> built onboard & 3 re interfaces on a daughterboard, it'd be a shame to waste a
> gigabit interface for the pppoe connection.

Use the suggested pf setting.  It is the right way do handle it and 
there will be no ill side effects.

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> Sevan / Venture37
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