At 05:38 PM 2/19/2006, Alex Neuman van der Hans wrote:
>True, I once had a similar problem with SQL Servers not replicating well 
>with each other. Turns out both were on DSL links, and behind firewalls - 
>and strange stuff was happening to packets, with both the DSL providers 
>and the firewall vendor collectively pointing their fingers at everybody else.
>
>I used DRTCP (http://dslreports.com/drtcp/) to reduce the MTU to 1430 at 
>each side and Presto! - everything's been working perfectly since then.

Basolutely!

This should be an FAQ:

"When using any Microsoft file sharing, MS-SQL or MS Remote Desktop 
protocols, if having slowdowns or problems especially with VPN or PPOE, 
reduce your MTU and try again."


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Bill Plein
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