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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!news.cais.net!news.ac.net!news1.erols.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!news.enterprise.net!starship From: apc@enterprise.net (Adrian Cooper) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Setting MTU size in 2.1? Date: Sun, 14 Apr 96 22:53:12 GMT Organization: Enterprise PLC - Internet Services Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4krvmi$t50@news.enterprise.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: starship.enterprise.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #0 We are just testing a BSDI 2.1 machine on a 64Kbs TCP/IP kilostream line to our NOC just a mile away, and are seeing very slow transmission speeds to the NOC servers compared to more remote machines on the Internet which seem to be accessible at expected speeds. This is particularly evident when using Telnet or FTP where everything to the servers just a mile way is in slow motion. We believe that reducing the MTU could well resolve this problem, but cannot work out how to do this within BSDI 2.1 - perhaps we have overlooked something very simple I don't know. Any words of wisdom regarding the MTU size or the local speed peculiarity would be most welcome. TIA. Regards, -- Adrian. ___________________________________ Adrian Cooper | apc@enterprise.net Enterprise PLC | http://www.enterprise.net Leading Internet Services in the British Isles.