Hi sirs! I was facing a strange problem in the past 3 days that denied my access to Fedora server. It was so weird that I suspect something related to my connection not Fedora repository. I mentioning it here for the record and for others who may face such a problem in the future.
Description: I can checkout out a file, update a file but not a whole folder or module!
[munzir@localhost translate]$ ssh -vvv i18n@redhat.com OpenSSH_3.9p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7a Feb 19 2003 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: Applying options for * debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0 debug1: Connecting to redhat.com [209.132.177.50] port 22. debug1: connect to address 209.132.177.50 port 22: Connection timed out ssh: connect to host redhat.com port 22: Connection timed out
Resolution: #ifconfig ppp0 mtu 576
This is an mtu (maximum transmission unit) problem. It defines the maximum size of a packet that can be transferred in one frame over a network. mtu is hard coded to a default of 1500 in my Fedora Core 3 system which is suitable for fast connections like DSL but not dialups.
Questions: Now! is this a solvable bug? Where do I need to report it? Should ordinary users know this weird setting?