Phil, I don't have any answers for you, just an observation. My SuSE 7.0 system has MSS=0, and my Red Hat 7.2 system has MSS=40, the same as yours. I don't really have any network problems with either of them, but mine system don't have a lot of network traffic, per se.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Phil Tully [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 9:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MSS config Hello all, We have been experiencing some network performance issues and it was noticed that the MSS value was set to 40. Is there a recommended value? Is it 0? Where is it set? lnxecssp:/etc # netstat -r Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface VMETH5.OSSD.GIS * 255.255.255.255 UH 40 0 0 hsi0 146.125.151.0 * 255.255.255.192 U 40 0 0 hsi0 172.25.0.0 VMETH5.OSSD.GIS 255.255.0.0 UG 40 0 0 hsi0 199.201.0.0 VMETH5.OSSD.GIS 255.255.0.0 UG 40 0 0 hsi0 146.125.0.0 VMETH5.OSSD.GIS 255.255.0.0 UG 40 0 0 hsi0 default VMETH5.OSSD.GIS 0.0.0.0 UG 40 0 0 hsi0 Regards Phil
