LVS/TUN MTU problem, missing hints in documentation

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, jarol1 at seznam.cz wrote:

> I was thinking a sort of warning could be added either to 
> http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/VS-IPTunneling.html

Thats at least 6 or 7 years old and was meant to get people 
started. I expect it's only for historical interest now.

> or to the ultramonkey website.

yes Horms could put that in his configure script.

> There could be a link to the 
> http://www.austintek.com/LVS/LVS-HOWTO/HOWTO/LVS-HOWTO.LVS-Tun.html#MTU 
> on how to deal with it.

the 1480 byte solution is discussed in depth there. What's 
missing that should go in the HOWTO?

The preferred method seems to Ratz method of setting the MTU 
by route rather than by interface.

Joe

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