openvpn option --mssfix needs a numeric value

[Franz Knipp]

Binary package hint: network-manager-openvpn

According the man page of openvpn, --mssfix needs a numeric parameter limiting the packet size, e. g. --mssfix 1400.

Only, if --fragment is set, the value of --fragment is taken as argument to --mssfix. --mssfix alone seems to be without effect.

Unfortunately, setting --fragment via the GUI does not work in my setup (which seems to depend on the server side), but using --mssfix 1400 by calling openvpn on CLI (instead of --mssfix without argument as called by Network Manager) solves the connection problems that I had.

Therefore, I suggest to change the configuration dialog for --mssfix to the same style as for --fragment, where a packet size can be set.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: network-manager-openvpn 0.8.1+git.20100810t173015.1711d04-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.49-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Apr 6 16:25:28 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_AT:de
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_AT.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: network-manager-openvpn

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.