by Juergen Jaeck » Fri, 11 Aug 1995 04:00:00
I use a 14.4-Modem to connect via CSLIP to my provider.
I use a MTU 296 B. I feel the connection is very slow and I heard total
different opinions about the value of MTU. Some say, use as high as
possible, other say the opposite.
So can anyone tell me what's right?
Besides do anybody know what overrun pakets are?
I discovered I had via the sl0 almost as much counts for overrun pakets
as received/transmitted paket counts.
Any answer is appreciated.
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Ciao Juergen
by Uri Blumenth » Tue, 15 Aug 1995 04:00:00
The smaller the packets are - the better your interactiveQuote:>I use a 14.4-Modem to connect via CSLIP to my provider.
>I use a MTU 296 B...........
That counter roughly means "Upgrade yourself!"Quote:>Besides do anybody know what overrun pakets are?
>I discovered I had via the sl0 almost as much counts for overrun pakets
>as received/transmitted paket counts.
by Radovan Bra » Thu, 17 Aug 1995 04:00:00
Sounds like the hardware handshaking (CTS/RTS) between your serial portQuote:>I discovered I had via the sl0 almost as much counts for overrun pakets
>as received/transmitted paket counts.
R.
Quote:>Ciao Juergen
1. How to modify MTU value under DIP slip mode ?
I have tried to add the command "get $mtu 1500" in my diphost
configuration file. Then, use "dip /etc/diphosts" to connect my Internet
Service Provider. After connection, I used "ifconfig" to check the MTU of
my slip/ppp line. The value is still 296 (default one). The MTU of my LAN
segent (el0) is 1500. Afterwards, I used "dip -m 1500 /etc/diphosts" to
call my Internet Service Provider for testing again. But I still got the
same MTU value. It is still 296.
My provider had set the MTU value to 1500 at the ppp port of the ppp server.
So my linux cannot receive any ip packets which size is bigger than 296.
When I want to download one file via ftp (which file size is bigger 296), my
linux will freeze and get nothing.
Anyone can tell me how to change the default value of MTU to 1500 except
the above two method. Or tell me what's the problem for the above problem.
Thanks a lot for your kind attention !
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