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Changing MTU size for VPN

August 3, 2021 | By Haluk Dogan

I can't open some websites when I am connected to VPN. Default MTU size was 1500 when interface was up. In order to find the right MTU value, I tried following command:

ping -c 3 -M do -s 1300 stackoverflow.com

1300 worked for me. I modified the MTU size to 1300+28=1328.

emacs -nw /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/01-ifupdown

#!/bin/sh

#info : pre-up and pre-down are not implemented in network-manager

if [ "$2" = "vpn-up" ]; then
    /sbin/ifconfig "$1" mtu 1328
fi
 

To check if it's updated, you can run ifconfig and then verify MTU size.

I still needed to change network settings in Firefox. To make that change, follow Firefox -> Settings -> Network Settings -> Auto-detect proxy settings for this network.


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