On Sun, 2003-07-13 at 13:01, Medhat Galal wrote: > Hi everyone, > It's time to tweak linux to perform better for broadband. Usually, it an > easy task for winBlows users, but dslreports.com provides a good head > start. > > Has anyone tried this before? how did it work for you? Any reason why RH > sets MTU to only 1440? > > Any suggestions, links and additional resources would be welcome. > Thanks a bunch,
RedHat default is 1500, not 1440. If your link is being set to 1440 it is because (a) there is something in your startup that is setting it to 1440, or (b) there is some MTU path discovery going on and the MTU is being set to the maximum that works during initialization. Hard-coding an MTU to something below the Ethernet default (1500) is not something to take lightly; dlsreports and other simplify the situation by assuming that a small sample of data over a limited time period is representative. Further, it does not take into account other issues like VPN overhead, etc. Tweak away, but you are delusional if you believe that a few seconds of data will provide you with anything that will be representative over months of use. - rick warner -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
