Apple OS X SMB issues across VPN

[Christopher R. Hertel]

I haven't had a chance to look yet.  Sorry.  Soon...

Chris -)-----

On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 08:42:51AM -0500, David Collier-Brown wrote:
>   Just a status: looking at these in ethereal and snoop shows
> a distinct sloth pattern, probably a three-toed (;-))
> I've not drilled down further as yet...
> 
> Christopher R. Hertel wrote:
> >On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 09:42:33AM -0700, Dan Tappin wrote:
> >
> >>Hi Chris,
> >>
> >>I'm back...
> >>
> >>I have my test RH 7 server up and running on the local LAN ready to  
> >>test across the VPN.  One issue though:
> >>
> >>[root at localhost admin]# tcpdump -i eth0 -s0 -w capture.cap host  
> >>192.168.0.150 and 192.168.2.46
> >>tcpdump: invalid snaplen 0
> >>
> >>-s1 seems to work but not sure if this effects the data.
> >
> >
> >The snap length (set via -s) determines how many bytes worth of each 
> >packet is actually captured.  A snaplen setting of zero is *supposed* to 
> >mean "all of it".  That is, it's supposed to tell tcpdump that it should 
> >write each packet in its entirety to the capture file.
> >
> >I've used some older versions of tcpdump that don't accept a zero value 
> >for that parameter, so I figure that's the problem you've got.  The 
> >work-around is to use a value like 2000, which is larger than the maximum 
> >size of an Ethernet frame (assuming you're not using jumbo frames).
> >
> >Lemme know if that works.  :)
> >
> >Chris -)-----
> >
> 
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