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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
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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
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Integrated Technical Systems                              
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