Re: ssh session hangs for a minute or so

From: Darren Tucker (dtucker_at_dodgy.net.au)
Date: 04/17/04

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    Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 22:46:00 +0000 (UTC)

    In article <m2vfjz29pl.fsf@darwin.local>,
    Richard E. Silverman <res@qoxp.net> wrote:
    >
    >darwin# ifconfig en0
    >en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    >...
    >
    ># to set the MTU:
    >
    >darwin# ifconfig en0 mtu <n>

    Reducing the MTU might help (depending on what the cause of the problem
    is) but I was talking about path MTU discovery. On Linux, for example,
    you can disable it with:

    echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_no_pmtu_disc 

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