Cisco vpn with Core 2 2.6.5 kernel

[Brian Anderson]

Actually for me the MTU is changed to 1359 which is the same value on 
the VPN client running on FC1 with no problems.

Brian Anderson wrote:

> Could you explain this a bit more?
>
> I downloaded the 4.0.4a client and it builds and start for me on 
> fedora core 2 test 3, but it freezes up a strange times (large 
> listings from 'ls -l' or large amounts of output from a compile).  
> Would this MTU setting cause that?  What should the MTU be?
>
> On another note, has anyone noticed that the DNS lookup is strange 
> with this client.  Sometimes host lookup is fast, sometimes it takes 
> long time.  Perhaps the MTU problem again?
>
> -Brian
>
>
> David R. Fischer wrote:
>
>> On the Cisco client be sure to fix the MTU after you bring up the 
>> vpnclient connect command.  For some reason it changes the ETH0 MTU 
>> to 1389...
>>
>>
>> Mike Hogsett wrote:
>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>> I have searched high and low for a way to get the cisco vpn linux
>>>> version 4.0.3.Bk9 client to work with a 2.6.5 kernel.
>>>>
>>>> I have tried the deadlock patch from www.anomalistic.org but it
>>>> doesn't work for me.
>>>>
>>>> It worked great using a 2.4 kernel.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any other ideas?
>>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Looks like vpnclient-linux-4.0.4.A-k9.tar.gz supports 2.6.
>>>
>>>> From the readme (which I had to submit a blood sample, retina scan, 
>>>> and
>>>
>>>
>>> sign away my first born for) :
>>>
>>>
>>> Revision: Release 4.0.4.A
>>> Files:    vpnclient-linux-4.0.4.A-k9.tar.gz
>>>
>>> Resolved Issues
>>> ...
>>> CSCed72716 Linux vpnclient hangs with 2.6.2 and greater kernels.
>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>
>>
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