From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from joana.gotss.net ([203.53.231.66] ident=mail) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16pxNF-0001NY-00 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 15:16:54 -0500 Received: from kerry by joana.gotss.net with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16pxN6-00074Y-00 for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 04:16:44 +0800 Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 04:16:44 +0800 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: mtu Message-ID: <20020327041644.A27181@joana.gotss.net> References: <002d01c1d4fc$1f59a3e0$01213e18@mycomputer> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <002d01c1d4fc$1f59a3e0$01213e18@mycomputer>; from igueths@yahoo.com on Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 02:26:25PM -0500 From: Kerry Hoath 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: What sort of card is it and what sort of transferrs are you trying to increase t he speed of? Remember ssh requires cpu for encryptian and samba has other options you set to increase speed. Regards, Kerry. On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 02:26:25PM -0500, Igor Gueths wrote: > Hi Johan. Did you raise the mtu? Because this is what I'm trying to do to try and improve transfer rates. The mtu used to increase the performance of my card when I used to use winblows. I already notice a speed difference under Linux, I just want to try and max it out that's all. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Johan Bergström > To: > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 2:34 AM > Subject: Re: mtu > > > > On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, 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! > > > > > > > Why would you want to change your mtu? The standards say mtu 1500 for > > ethernet. Anyway, I did do some tests a couple of years ago, and changing > > mtu values on a network card almost never give better results than the > > standard ones. It might happen in extreme cases but not one that I found > > out about. > > > > Johbe > > > > -- > > "I'm gonna go build my own theme park... with blackjack and hookers! In > > fact, forget the park!" -Bender > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- 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