Edgy: Eth0 not setting correct MTU

Sean Hammond sean.hammond at gmail.com
Tue Oct 10 09:44:05 UTC 2006


That could be related to this bug:

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/dhcp3/+bug/58927

for which there is a workaround

On 10/9/06, Richard <cms01 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > can you please post the whole ifconfig output?
> > What is in your /etc/network/interfaces
> >
> > it says your mtu is 576 right now. Maybe some hardware or cable issue?
> >
> > bye Thilo
>
> Okay, Thilo posting:
>
> sudo ifconfig -a
> $ sudo ifconfig -a
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:03:25:28:93:B3
>           inet addr:24.92.160.221  Bcast:255.255.255.255  Mask:255.255.248.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:10913 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:713 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:1351985 (1.2 MiB)  TX bytes:60616 (59.1 KiB)
>           Interrupt:50
>
> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:14:A5:41:E4:99
>           BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>           Interrupt:11
>
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> sit0      Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
>           NOARP  MTU:1480  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> PLEASE note: I did Manual Change the MTU's (however when rebooting )
> it will go back to 576 !!
> ============================
>
> Here a dump from sudo lspci -vv
>
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8036 PCI-E Fast
> Ethernet Controller (rev 10)
>         Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Unknown device 0506
>         Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
> Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
>         Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
> <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
>         Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
>         Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 58
>         Region 0: Memory at c0100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
>         Region 2: I/O ports at a000 [size=256]
>         Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
>                 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
> PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
>                 Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-
>         Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
>         Capabilities: [5c] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/1
> Enable+
>                 Address: 00000000fee00000  Data: 403a
>         Capabilities: [e0] Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ 0
>                 Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
>                 Device: Latency L0s unlimited, L1 unlimited
>                 Device: AtnBtn- AtnInd- PwrInd-
>                 Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
>                 Device: RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
>                 Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
>                 Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s, Port 3
>                 Link: Latency L0s <256ns, L1 unlimited
>                 Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 128 bytes CommClk- ExtSynch-
>                 Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1
>         Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
> =========================================================
> Here a dump of the networking:
> Command 1 --no-devices --no-ip --no-arpcache --no-routes :
> ############################## Devices ##################################
> nu dev   ethernet_hwtype   mtu   real_device_name
> 1  Lo0   loopback          16436 lo
> 2  Eth0  00:03:25:28:93:B3 1500  eth0
> 3  Eth1  00:14:A5:41:E4:99 1500  eth1
> 4  Unk0  unknown           1480  sit0
> ################################## IP ######################################
> nu ip             /netmask                    ppp point_to_point_with
> 1  127.0.0.1      /255.0.0.0                  0
> 1  ::1/128                                    0
> 2  24.92.160.221  /255.255.248.0              0
> ############################ ArpCache/Neighbor #############################
> nu ethernet          ip
> 2  00:03:25:28:93:B3 24.92.160.221
> 2  00:05:9A:D7:88:71 24.92.160.1
> ################################## Routes###################################
> nu destination    /netmask         source              gateway          metric
> 1  127.0.0.1      /255.255.255.255 local                                   0
> 2  24.92.160.221  /255.255.255.255 local                                   0
> 2  24.92.160.0    /255.255.248.0   24.92.160.221                           0
> 1  127.0.0.0      /255.0.0.0       127.0.0.1                               0
> 2  0.0.0.0        /0.0.0.0         24.92.160.221       24.92.160.1         0
> 1  ::1/128                         local                                   0
>
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