MTU problem PA-500 5.0.6

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MTU problem PA-500 5.0.6

L1 Bithead

I have a PA-500 5.0.6

From inside my network I see an MTU maximum of 1023.  From outside through my ISP I see the MTU that I expect of 1492.  Traffic through the PA sees an MTU of 1023.  I haven't changed the interfaces.  Is this possible to fix?  Where in the PA config would I look?

bb33@bb33-vlinux:~  
$ ping -s 995 google.com
PING google.com (74.125.237.96) 995(1023) bytes of data.
1003 bytes from syd01s12-in-f0.1e100.net (74.125.237.96): icmp_req=1 ttl=52 time=29.8 ms
1003 bytes from syd01s12-in-f0.1e100.net (74.125.237.96): icmp_req=2 ttl=52 time=29.6 ms
^C
--- google.com ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 29.673/29.782/29.892/0.204 ms
bb33@bb33-vlinux:~ 1 
$ ping -s 996 google.com
PING google.com (74.125.237.201) 996(1024) bytes of data.
^C
--- google.com ping statistics ---
36 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 35253ms

bb33@bb33-vlinux:~ 1 
$

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L7 Applicator

Please find below a screenshot and verify MTU on both ingress and egress interface of the PAN firewall. Also, could you please check "adjust MSS" option and do a test ( for TCP).

MTU.JPG

Thanks

L1 Bithead

When you have zone protection on an interface the largest ICMP packet allowed is 1024 - TCP and ICMP header = 995. You can remove the ICMP large packet option in the zone protection profile

The Largest ICMP Packet Allowed with Zone Protection Enabled for Large ICMP Packets

When you have zone protection on an interface the largest ICMP packet allowed is 1024 - TCP and ICMP header = 995. You can remove the ICMP large packet option in the zone protection profile

I thought this might be it.  It sounds right and has the right numbers but I unticked that option for my internal network and "ping -s 996 google.com" to outside still failed.

My bad.  This is correct, but I had to add it to the egress interface (of course).  Now I am seeing a max MTU of 1442 (1470).  Not sure why it's not 1464 (1492).

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