From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp016.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.174.113]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16pwkZ-0008FR-00 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:36:55 -0500 Received: from h0020780ec921.ne.client2.attbi.com (HELO mycomputer) (igueths@24.62.33.0 with login) by smtp.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Mar 2002 19:36:51 -0000 Message-ID: <005401c1d4fc$69a2ab40$01213e18@mycomputer> From: "Igor Gueths" To: References: <001601c1d464$3dfd19a0$01213e18@mycomputer> <20020326194657.C26311@joana.gotss.net> Subject: Re: mtu Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:28:26 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Kerry. Wouldn't increasing the mtu value decrease over head? Because = I am trying to raise the value to 10000 or something, not lower it.=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Kerry Hoath To: Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 6:46 AM Subject: Re: mtu > I can't see why you'd want to do this on an ethernet > interface anyway since ethernet is tuned to handle mtu of 1500 and = reducing it > is just going to increase wire overhead and do nothing more. > MTU discovery means that if something else has a lower mtu this will = be communicated back > to the kernel and th e networking stack will take care of it. > Well just because I don't know why you want to do this doesn't mean it = can't be done. > Once the route to the interface is in place you need to del the route = and re-add it > with the mtu value so for example: > route del 192.168.1.0 > route add -net 192.168.1.0 dev eth0 mtu 768 > and I think the ip tools can do this too > try ip route help=20 > and > ip nei help >=20 > Regards, Kerry. > On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 08:19:13PM -0500, Igor Gueths wrote: > > Hi. Has anyone successfully changed their mtu value on their network = interface? I am unable to do this via /etc/network/interfaces. I put mtu = 1000 after the line where it says iface eth0 inet dhcp. I restarted = inetd and init, and the value hasn't changed. Does anyone know how to go = about doing this? Thanks!=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >=20 > >=20 > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >=20 > >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Kerry Hoath: kerry@gotss.net kerry@gotss.eu.org or = kerry@gotss.spice.net.au > ICQ: 8226547 msn: kerry@gotss.net Yahoo: kerryhoath@yahoo.com.au >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com