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From: robsch@robkaos.ruhr.de (Robert Schien)
Subject: Re: How to change MTU on SL/IP?
Message-ID: <1995Oct5.031311.1959@robkaos.ruhr.de>
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Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 03:13:11 GMT
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millerj@OES.ORST.EDU (James Miller) writes:

>I am running 1.1 but this is what works for me.  Add this line
>into your kernal and recompile it.

>options         "SLMTU=1006"  

>Hope that does it for you.

>-James

>In article <44rn4i$ehu@kerby.ocsg.com>,
>Dennis Glatting <dennisg@news-srvr.CyberSAFE.COM> wrote:
>>I need to change the MTU of our BSDI SL/IP link but am
>>unable to figure out how to do so from the man pages
>>and documentation. If you know how to change the MTU
>>I appreciate hearing from you.
>>
>>BTW, I'm running BSDI 2.0.1
>>
>>
>>-dpg
>>
>>
>>-- 
>>
>>Dennis P. Glatting / CyberSAFE Corporation
>>Network and Security Infrastructure Architect
>>

If BSDI is similiar to FreeBSD, then you can enter

ifconfig sl0 mtu 1006


Greetings...Robert