[asterisk-users] Rasterisk freeze on 4G link [SOLVED]

Olivier oza.4h07 at gmail.com
Fri Mar 4 03:12:50 CST 2016


Thank you all for pointing me in the right direction.

Now I learned I have to care about MTU.

Best regards

2016-03-03 21:27 GMT+01:00 Toufic Khreish (Gmail) <toufic.khreish at gmail.com>
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> Hello,
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> You need to determine the correct MTU value by doing the following:
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> ping www.google.com -f -l 1400 and you go up or down
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> An example:
> 1440 Max packet size from Ping Test
> + 28 IP and ICMP headers
> 1468 is your optimum MTU Setting
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> Reference : http://www.tp-link.fr/FAQ-190.html
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> Once you determine the correct MTU you just set it on the VPN server, it
> will not break any connection the worst will be slow connection that is all.
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> From my experience the MTU value for 3G was 1400.
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> Best regards
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> Toufic
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> *From:* asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:
> asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Duncan
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 03, 2016 9:02 PM
> *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion <
> asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Rasterisk freeze on 4G link
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> > With this new link, whenever I launch a vim, a nano or a rasterisk
> session, my terminal freezes (rasterisk) or remains empty (nano, vim).
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> > When a session is frozon, I can open a new one at the same so it
> excludes a basic connectivity loss.
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> Usually incorrect MTU gives you this effect. Use ping with MTU size set to
> test and find what works.
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> I think its value: it's 1272, which amazes me.
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> You will probably also break it with any large text dump eg cat
> /var/log/syslog will also do it
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> Yes  "cat /var/log/syslog" also broke my console.
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> Why would my console break because of inadequate MTU and other PC on the
> same location, seem unaffected ?
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> Because, they most probably mostly use SMTP and HTTP ?
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> Is possible to simulate a given MTU on a LAN to reproduce such freezes ?
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> (the remote location is at the other side of the country and I would like
> to prepare things as much as possible).
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> I think you need to go through a router or some device that can constrain
> the MTU. But live changing your server MTU should be straight forward as
> openvpn should try and reconnect, and you can change the server back. I
> haven't lost connectivity before with this
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> Also the session is probably timed out rather than gone, in 10-15 mins
> maybe less it will come back (or does for me)
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> Cheers Duncan
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