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Author Topic: MTU setting  (Read 3537 times)

XS

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MTU setting
« on: October 22, 2011, 07:12:46 AM »
I was wondering if you should leave the MTU setting to the default setting of 1500 or change it your optimal value?  It seem everyone has a different opinion on what it should be, so I decided to ask you guys, the experts.

I performed the "ping -f -l 1472 www.google.com" tests to see what my optimal MTU setting was and it turned out to be 1492.

Does this really do anything and what should the value be?  I am on cable not DSL.
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Re: MTU setting
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2011, 10:17:25 AM »
Generally you should leave it at 1500 for cable and 1496-2 for DSL. Might call your ISP and ask them what they prefer.
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