Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 16:40:04 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@haven.uniserve.com> To: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: SLIP MTU in 1.1.5.1 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950208163608.1314A-100000@haven.uniserve.com> In-Reply-To: <199502082353.PAA13674@corbin.Root.COM>
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On Wed, 8 Feb 1995, David Greenman wrote: > You can't reliably use an MTU this large without changing other things in > the kernel. I'd recommend using an MTU of 552 - this usually acheives the best > performance (several reasons why...but I won't go into this now). The above > 'options' line is correct except for the value being too large. Thanks for the info. On a different SLIP system, I'd normally set the client's MSS value to 1000 (need a MTU value of 1040+, depending on options), and that worked quite well for connections to systems just on the other side of the router. Tom
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