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Re: changing MRU/MTU in ppp connection..
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hart)
Sun Nov 10 17:16:32 1996
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 09:14:40 +1100 (EST)
From: Robert Hart <hartr@interweft.com.au>
Reply-To: Robert Hart <iweft@ipax.com.au>
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On Sun, 10 Nov 1996, Rick Prince wrote:
> At 03:16 AM 11/10/96 -0700, you wrote:
> >i managed to connect using ppp on RH4.0, but i cannot change the
> >MTU..although i expressed exclusively in my connection script.
> >here's the script and result from netstat -i
> >
> >exec /usr/sbin/pppd debug modem crtscts /dev/modem 115200\
> > asyncmap 200A0000 escape FF kdebug 0 $LOCAL_IP:$REMOTE_IP \
> > vj-max-slots 8 mru 1500 mtu 1500 -chap -pap \
> > noipdefault netmask $NETMASK defaultroute connect $DIALER_SCRIPT
> The only way I know of setting MTU is through 'ifconfig'. Once your
> connected through your modem/ppp, you can manually do this or stick it in
> your modem script enter:
>
> ifconfig ppp0 mtu 1500
With PPP, options such as MTU are negotiated with the peer - and if there
is not agreement between requests I *suspect* that the lowest requested
value between the two ends is used.
Anyone know for sure?
Robert Hart iweft@ipax..com.au
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