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Gah, just yesterday I had this crazy problem with SSH tunnels and psql (Postgres client) crashing the tunnel. What solved it? Changing my interface MTU... http

• forinti 8y ago
  This is interesting. I sometimes have to connect to a VPN that crashes when something provokes a burst of activity (if I cat a file or even ls a large dir). I'll try this, but 576 seems so low; how did you get at this number?
  • ofiryanai 8y ago
    I remember as the average packet size on the internet. Googling average packet size yields that- https://etherealmind.com/average-ip-packet-size/ https://etherealmind.com/average-ip-packet-size/
  • swah 8y ago
    This is what I want to know - the article doesn't explain. I guess its a number that particular (old?) routers / particular firewalls won't fragment the packet..?
    • forinti 8y ago
      Wikipedia says 576 is the minimum for IPv4. I suppose then that the author just went for the value all hosts should support.