Ubuntu
dhcp3 package

interface-mtu kills my network connection

Bug #483657 reported by vervelover
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Bug Description

The interface-mtu string in /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf kills my network connection. If I don't edit that file removing the word interface-mtu on every ubuntu install I do, I can't surf the web. The connection stays on but it won't surf. My isp is fastweb, a very common isp in Italy. I tried with at least 3 different ubuntu laptops on this and other fastweb networks, the bug is always there since at least ubuntu 7.10.

So many people in Italy have trouble with that and have a awful experience with ubuntu because of something that could be so easily fixed. just google "interface-mtu fastweb" in google italia to have proof of that. Don't know why I can't find a bug report of this on launchpad, too many lazy people maybe.

At least, if you don't want to fix this bug, PLEASE make sure that every dhcp3 update won't override the file without asking, like it does now. I have to edit the file everytime the update manager updates the file. This is really annoying and could descourage any non expert user from adopting ubuntu.

I believe in linux and ubuntu, and speading it between all of my friends but bugs like this are a bit embarassing..

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Stephan Rügamer (sruegamer) wrote :

sounds more like a problem of fastweb pushing broken interface-mtu infos?
just a guess

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vervelover (alessiopangos) wrote :

Yes, but this is the way things are which is different from the way things should be and making people buy a new router seems to me more difficult than just not enabling a small string in a file by default, expecially if this string does nothing but causing trouble to new and unexperienced users which are a target I think ubuntu should aim to reach.

That said, I found this bug was introduced and solved in intrepid, reintroduced and solved in jaunty, reintroduced and not solved in karmic.

Well, at least, why should a dhcp3 update override that file? at least I could make an install stable, instead of having to tell all my friend how to edit the file after every update.

Chuck Short (zulcss)
affects: dhcp3 (Ubuntu) → linux (Ubuntu)
Andy Whitcroft (apw)
tags: added: kernel-series-unknown
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Andy Whitcroft (apw) wrote :

As this is an element in the configuration file delivered by dhcp3 it seems appropriate to start diagnosis of this there.

tags: added: kernel-karmic
removed: kernel-series-unknown
affects: linux (Ubuntu) → dhcp3 (Ubuntu)
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vervelover (alessiopangos) wrote :

There is a bug report for this in every ubuntu release since hardy I think, why do you keep reintroducing this bug every time?

Chuck Short (zulcss)
Changed in dhcp3 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
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