hello,
i have a problem with iptables in sisela-0.3 - i cannot set the option "--clamp-mss-to-mtu". we are using sisela in routers in a small wireless-dsl-sharing setup, and currently have a problem with network-congestion that may be related to wrong settings of MTU. this page (http://www.hgfelger.de/mss/mss.html) suggested iptables to correct it, but when i try to execute:
iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN -j TCPMSS --clamp-mss-to-pmtu
i get:
iptables v1.2.8: Unknown arg `--clamp-mss-to-pmtu'
is there an easy way to fix this or do i have to re-compile a kernel and build sisela by hand?
thx,
lars
On Sat, Apr 24, 2004 at 05:31:24PM +0200, Lars Henrik Mai wrote:
i have a problem with iptables in sisela-0.3 - i cannot set the option "--clamp-mss-to-mtu".
Sorry, this wasn't included in the kernel and iptables of 0.3. This was a silly omission on my part since it's often needed. I'll make sure it gets into the next version.
is there an easy way to fix this or do i have to re-compile a kernel and build sisela by hand?
You would need to rebuild Sisela with the TCPMSS iptables target enabled in the kernel configuration, and modify patches/iptables-1.2.8-makefiles-patch in the source distribution to include the 'tcpmss' extension (see line 117 of the patch).
Martin