FS#3231 : firewall3: mtu_fix should apply mss clamping for ...
bugs.openwrt.org › indexJul 13, 2020 · FS#3231 - firewall3: mtu_fix should apply mss clamping for both outgoing and incoming syn packets. TL;DR When mtu_fix is enabled mss side is only altered for incoming traffic but not outgoing. This affects clients with pmtu disabled. The issue is quite difficult to reproduce as it requires specific conditions however it happens in real setups ...
MTU Discovery and MSS Clamping - Tegola
www.tegola.org.uk/howto/pmtud.htmlMTU Discovery and MSS Clamping. When data is transmitted over an IP link it is broken into packets. The standard size packet, for mostly historical reasons, and because Ethernet is so common, is 1500 bytes long. This value is known as the Maximum Transmission Unit or MTU of a particular link. There are some trade-offs involved here.
OpenWrt Forum Archive
forum.archive.openwrt.org › viewtopicJul 25, 2015 · I found this video really helpful in explaining why wan firewall zones use MSS Clamping by default in OpenWrt. In short, it prevents round-trips to a remote server when possible by marking TCP packets with the MTU size of the local client when they go out of the router.