diff --git a/files/firewall b/files/firewall
index 4b37fd3..e3e5147 100755
--- a/files/firewall
+++ b/files/firewall
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ case $1 in
         iptables -A FORWARD -i ipmigw1 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED      -j ACCEPT
         iptables -A FORWARD -i ipmigw1 -j DROP
 
+       ## this may only be needed on edge in some cases. needs to be tweaked once we have a network again spaning multiple regions
+	#iptables -t mangle -A FORWARD -p tcp -m tcp -o usw1 --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN -m tcpmss --mss 1437:10000 -j TCPMSS --set-mss 1436
 
        #special tables
         iptables -t mangle -F