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Re: [Openvpn-users] VPN dropping


  • Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] VPN dropping
  • From: Bradley M Alexander <storm@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:58:10 -0400

On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 05:55:42PM +0200, Jean-Pierre Schwickerath wrote:
> Hi Bradley, 
> 
> > Anybody got any ideas on how to fix or work around this?
> 
> Did you try to start your tunnel with --mtu-test to see how big your
> packets between your office and your home can actually get?
> Then you should try to configure both ends with --fragment x and
> --mssfix x, where x is the biggest packet size allowed. 

I actually tried that, and the testing itself appears to cause the
connection to drop (undoubtedly with packets larger than the magic size).
>From the looks of things, when that size is exceeded, something (I suspect
the SonicWall) resets the connection.

--Brad

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