RESOLVED: Re: 8.1 Box does not react on ICMP "unreachable - need to frag"

[Axel Rau]

Am 18.01.2011 um 11:00 schrieb Axel Rau:

> The DB server returns its query results successfully until an  
> oversized message is being sent (with "DF" set), which the GW2  
> refuses with an ICMP "unreachable - need to frag (mtu 1492)
I could convince the firewall to defragment the packet itself. (-;
This was a pf issue (I mixed up option "set reassemble" and filteropt  
"fragment").

I'm still looking for an answer to question 1:
> 1. Shouldn't DB2 fragment and resend the packet?

Thanks, Axel
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