Setting MTU

[Steve Flynn]

On 06/11/06, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> When I check ifconfig, I see that my mtu is 1500. However, my ISP said
> that I should change it to 1392. So:
>
> $ sudo ifconfig mtu 1392
> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> mtu: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> $
>
> Also, I connect via a Level1 router. Must I change the mtu in the
> router as well? Thanks in advance.
>

So long as the MTU in the router is greater than the MTU of your machine,
you won't need to change the router. What sort of connection do you have
there - ADSL? Cable? Satellite?

-- 
Steve
Despair - It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black...
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