Re: Bizarre problem with failed Putty connections

From: David Caine (bfg1948_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/28/04

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    Thanks! Yes. That was it. So perhaps the mtu of one of the DSL.net
    routers was changed to a lower number? I've never had this problem before..
    Can you recommend some reading material that provides an in depth discussion
    of mtu's? Thanks again.

    "Richard E. Silverman" <res@qoxp.net> wrote in message
    news:m2znb4zhms.fsf@darwin.oankali.net...
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    > http://www.snailbook.com/faq/mtu-mismatch.auto.html
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    > --
    > Richard Silverman
    > res@qoxp.net
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