Re: ppp -> demon ( dont come up )

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From: "David G. Bell"
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 00:00

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In article <3380810A.91FFD1F@no.spam.ncl.ac.uk>
           w.j.p.slater@no.spam.ncl.ac.uk "Will Slater" writes:

> Lee Maguire wrote:
> 
> > mine is the same except:
> > mru 576
> > mtu 576
> > (not because i know anything about them - but because thats what is 
> 
> they are the maximum receive/transmit unit size, you might as well have
> them as large as possible, 1500 I think. It will generally save on
> bandwidth, as files are not broken up into so many peices especially if
> you do a lot of ftping.

AFAIK this is recommended if you connect mostly to Demon, but there is a 
penalty for connections to the rest of the Internet.  So the 1500 figure 
is fin for news, e-mail, and ftp.demon.co.uk but not so good for web 
browsing and other off-Demon traffic.

-- 
David G. Bell -- Farmer, SF Fan, Filker, Furry, and Punslinger..

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From: dbell@zhochaka.demon.co.uk ("David G. Bell")
Subject: Re: ppp -> demon ( dont come up )
Date: 1997/05/19
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