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Old 17th December 2009
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Default Problem with pf for PPPoE

Hi,

I just installed OpenBSD 4.6, because I want to use nat to make a very basic firewall to split my ADSL connection between a few computers (some Linux, some Windows). I set up a very basic pf.conf with only what is necessary to use the internet. On my OpenBSD box everything work fine, I have access to any website but on my other computers only 80% of the websites work, other website like "msn.com" and "grc.com" doesn't work, it say 'Waiting for www.grc.com..." in the Firefox status bar. I tried many different settings but nothing work ... Here is my pf.conf:

Code:
ext_if = "pppoe0"

set skip on lo

match in all scrub (no-df max-mss 1440)

nat on $ext_if from !(ext_if$) to any -> (ext_if$)
For now I just want my internet access to be shared to all my computer, I'll add security rules later...

Anybody have a clue?


Thanks a lot
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Old 18th December 2009
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The following section from the pppoe(4) man page discusses the MTU issue but gives a different match rule than yours
Code:
MTU/MSS ISSUES
     Problems can arise on machines with private IPs connecting to the Inter-
     net via a machine running both Network Address Translation (NAT) and
     pppoe.  Standard Ethernet uses a Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) of 1500
     bytes, whereas PPPoE mechanisms need a further 8 bytes of overhead.  This
     leaves a maximum MTU of 1492.  pppoe sets the MTU on its interface to
     1492 as a matter of course.  However, machines connecting on a private
     LAN will still have their MTUs set to 1500, causing conflict.

     While pppoe(8) has an internal option, ``mssfixup'', which is enabled by
     default and takes care of this, pppoe users have to rely on other meth-
     ods.  Using a packet filter, the Maximum Segment Size (MSS) can be set
     (clamped) to the required value.  The following rule in pf.conf(5) would
     set the MSS to 1440:

           match on pppoe0 scrub (max-mss 1440)

     Although in theory the maximum MSS over a PPPoE interface is 1452 bytes,
     1440 appears to be a safer bet.  Note that setting the MSS this way can
     have undesirable effects, such as interfering with the OS detection fea-
     tures of pf(4).

     See pf.conf(5) for more information on MTU, MSS, and NAT.
Could you try this match rule, and see whether that improves the situation?
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Old 18th December 2009
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It works!!!!!


Thanks a lot for the help, i'm a newbie in the networking world and I don't think I would have solved this by myself...

Now I'll add some security...
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