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 16q2ak-0000iz-00 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:51:11 -0500 Received: from kerry by joana.gotss.net with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16q2ak-0007Ez-00 for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:51:10 +0800 Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:51:10 +0800 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: mtu Message-ID: <20020327095110.A27820@joana.gotss.net> References: <002d01c1d4fc$1f59a3e0$01213e18@mycomputer> <20020327041644.A27181@joana.gotss.net> <002a01c1d511$9472db00$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: <002a01c1d511$9472db00$01213e18@mycomputer>; from igueths@yahoo.com on Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 05:00:01PM -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 network card are you talking about? And mtu stands for Maximum transmition unit so it referrs to the bigest packet the kernel will *send*. mru is maximum receive u nit but that is a ppp parameter not an ethernet one. On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 05:00:01PM -0500, Igor Gueths wrote: > Actually, now that I think about it, ifconfig doesn't mention receive mtu. Up to now, I have been talking about receive mtu. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kerry Hoath > To: > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 3:16 PM > Subject: Re: mtu > > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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