on 22/5/03 12:19 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Somebody on list was discussing MTU units with an > ADSL and IINET. > > The following might be relevant > > <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107488> > > from Macintouch today
Thanks for the reference. The thrust of the article is that the mtu problem is experienced because Macs use a higher number of maximum transmissible units than the isp is set to, and says that the problem exists in OS 10.2 to 10.2.4 and is fixed in OS 10.2.5 and later. Unfortunately, it is not. I have OS 10.2.6 ( have installed and updated with each revision of OS X using combo updates) and still had the problem until yesterday when I took a deep breath and used Terminal to reset the mtu to 1400, with the help of an iinet technician. There's an Apple Knowledge Base article about it, but the script that I used can be found on <http://www.macfixitforums.com/php/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=Forum38&Numbe r=272595&page=&view=&sb=&o=> MTU problems are discussed on Whirlpool at <http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=7326> There is also a good discussion about ADSL problems in general on <http://adsl.cutw.net/dsl.html> Iinet says that Telstra is soon to install new equipment that should make the problems go away. Michael Hawkins.
