Re: ppp registration vs. non-registration

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From: D. Cameron
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 19:19

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gene_heskett@wvlink.mpl.com (Gene Heskett) wrote:

> DB> whats the best method for setting MTU. I asked my provider and
> DB> they said set it at 297. Should I increase it or decrease it from
> DB>  there.

>297? Find another ISP, that ones terminally stupid! 1500 is the max,
>and a good starting point. If that ISP can't go 1000+, then its like
>I said, find another that can.

>Good luck Dave, Gene

Its not quite as simple as this, because if coders of bulk tranfer
apps dont bother to reset the TCP MSS option then an MTU of 1500
is pointless because you are not going to recieve TCP packets larger
than 576 anyway, because this is the default value built into AmiTCP.
This is slightly off topic but relevant to the whole MTU argument.

Question is, how many apps currently reset it to 1460? Maybe somebody
would like to to a survey by wedging the setsockopt() call.

--
donc@rmplc.co.uk

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