sending a large file with SCP to a certain server stalls at exactly 2112 kB

Question

There is a certain ubuntu 10.04 server where if I ssh a file onto it from any server that is outside the office where this server is (meaning any of use scp-ing onto this se

Answer 1

I seemed to have found the fix. I had to set the LAN card's mtu setting to 1492 by:

# ifconfig eth0 mtu 1492