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@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ H3 {
Filtering
Clustering
Routing
+ Avoiding Fragmentation
Performance
@@ -191,14 +192,6 @@ user, both a primary and a secondary. If either is set to 0.0.0.0, then that
one will not be sent.
-save_state (boolean)
-When l2tpns receives a STGTERM it will write out its current
-ip_address_pool, session and tunnel tables to disk prior to exiting to
-be re-loaded at startup. The validity of this data is obviously quite
-short and the intent is to allow an sessions to be retained over a
-software upgrade.
-
-
primary_radius (ip address)
secondary_radius (ip address)
Sets the RADIUS servers used for both authentication and accounting.
@@ -231,6 +224,17 @@ This secret will be used in all RADIUS queries. If this is not set then
RADIUS queries will fail.
+radius_authtypes (string)
+A comma separated list of supported RADIUS authentication methods
+(pap or chap), in order of preference (default pap).
+
+
+allow_duplicate_users (boolean)
+Allow multiple logins with the same username. If false (the default),
+any prior session with the same username will be dropped when a new
+session is established.
+
+
bind_address (ip address)
When the tun interface is created, it is assigned the address
specified here. If no address is given, 1.1.1.1 is used. Packets
@@ -282,10 +286,6 @@ second. Even if this is disabled, you can see this information by running
the uptime command on the CLI.
-cleanup_interval (int)
-Interval between regular cleanups (in seconds).
-
-
multi_read_count (int)
Number of packets to read off each of the UDP and TUN fds when
returned as readable by select (default: 10). Avoids incurring the
@@ -307,6 +307,13 @@ Keep all pages mapped by the l2tpns process in memory.
Maximum number of host unreachable ICMP packets to send per second.
+packet_limit (int>
+Maximum number of packets of downstream traffic to be handled each
+tenth of a second per session. If zero, no limit is applied (default:
+0). Intended as a DoS prevention mechanism and not a general
+throttling control (packets are dropped, not queued).
+
+
cluster_address (ip address)
Multicast cluster address (default: 239.192.13.13). See the section
on Clustering for more information.
@@ -325,6 +332,11 @@ Cluster heartbeat timeout in tenths of a second. A new master will be
elected when this interval has been passed without seeing a heartbeat
from the master.
+
+cluster_master_min_adv (int)
+Determines the minumum number of up to date slaves required before the
+master will drop routes (default: 1).
+
BGP routing configuration is entered by the command:
@@ -684,16 +696,15 @@ killall -HUP l2tpns
The signals understood are:
-
-- SIGHUP - Reload the config from disk and re-open log file
-- SIGTERM / SIGINT - Shut down for a restart. This will dump the current
-state to disk (if save_state is set to true). Upon restart, the
-process will read this saved state to resume active sessions.
-
- SIGQUIT - Shut down cleanly. This will send a disconnect message for
-every active session and tunnel before shutting down. This is a good idea
-when upgrading the code, as no sessions will be left with the remote end
-thinking they are open.
-
+
+- SIGHUP
- Reload the config from disk and re-open log file.
+- SIGTERM, SIGINT
- Stop process. Tunnels and sessions are not
+terminated. This signal should be used to stop l2tpns on a
+cluster node where there are other machines to
+continue handling traffic.
+- SIGQUIT
- Shut down tunnels and sessions, exit process when
+complete.
+
Throttling
@@ -1023,6 +1034,22 @@ ibgp" for IBGP. If this is not supported by your IOS revision, you
can use "maximum-paths" (which works for EBGP) and set
as_number to a private value such as 64512.
+
Avoiding Fragmentation
+
+Fragmentation of encapsulated return packets to the LAC may be avoided
+for TCP sessions by adding a firewall rule to clamps the MSS on
+outgoing SYN packets.
+
+The following is appropriate for interfaces with a typical MTU of
+1500:
+
+
+iptables -A FORWARD -i tun+ -o eth0 \
+ -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN \
+ -m tcpmss --mss 1413:1600 \
+ -j TCPMSS --set-mss 1412
+
+
Performance is great.