Applications
Location: Main
ªConfiguration
ªWAN
ªRemote Site
ªEdit Remote Site
ªProtocol
ªIP
ªNAT enabled
ªenabled
Access to some web pages is a common problem experienced when running a PPPoE client on a router. By design, PPPoE packets can support a maximum MTU of up 1492 bytes. Normally when a connection is established over common PPP, the TCP protocol negotiates its maximum data size using the mss option (default 1460). By default, most Windows PCs have their TCP mss option set to 1460 bytes. Since PPPoE requires an additional 8 bytes of header data, the TCP mss option should decrease to 1452 bytes. Therefore when configuring the router for PPPoE, the remote site NAT configuration automatically adjust its TCP mss option to 1452 to accommodate this requirement. To verify this value has been adjusted:
Location: Main
ªConfiguration
ªWAN
ªRemote Site
ªProtocol
ªIP Parameters
ªNAT Advanced
ªTCP mss
ªenabled
ªTCP mss value ª1452
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