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- From: "Albert P. Belle Isle" <belleisl@cerberus-sys.com>
- Newsgroups: alt.winsock,alt.winsock.trumpet,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Low ISP MTU/MSS Settings?
- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 10:18:13 -0500
- Organization: Cerberus Systems, Inc.
- Message-ID: <312894B5.600F@cerberus-sys.com>
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- Alkemyst wrote:
- >
- > In article <312784A5.6AC@cerberus-sys.com>,
- > "Albert P. Belle Isle" <belleisl@cerberus-sys.com> wrote:
- > >If for some reason your ISP won't accept any larger MTU, try 576. If he is
- > >meeting the Internet Protocol standard, he *must* be able to accomodate this
- > >default value (which is why MSS=536 is usually a *safe* no-fragmentation
- > >value for your TCP settings).
- > >
- > >In any case, you're certainly right about the degree of conservatism. With
- > >the above-mentioned settings you'd only have TCP data in 212/256, or 83% of
- > >your packet - as opposed to 536/576, or 93%.
- > >
- > What about for CSLIP?
- >
-
- Chris:
-
- The C in CSLIP refers to the enabling of Van Jacobson header compression,
- which PPP also offers, and which reduces the average number of overhead
- bytes-per-packet from 40 (for single packet transfers) to less than 10 for
- streams of TCP/IP packets from the same sender to the same receiver (like on
- FTP or HTTP downloads).
-
- Both SLIP (which comes in more than one implementation) and PPP (which is
- standardized) are protocols that allow a modem connection to simulate a
- direct (IP) connection to the Internet. MTU/MSS/RWIN are parameters of
- Internet connections, in general, above the modem (data link) layer of byte
- transfers.
-
- MTU is a parameter of the IP routers on the Internet, at the next protocol
- layer above your data link (modem) layer. THEIR MTU is what limits
- the number of data bytes you can get per packet (unless you add an
- unnecessary limitation by setting yours smaller yet).
-
- MSS/RWIN are TCP parameters for the still-higher protocol that governs
- transfers between two machines that can only talk to one another through the
- Internet and its routers.
-
- Match your MTU to that of your ISP's LAN, and tune your TCP settings to the
- download paths over the Internet that you most often use for large
- transfers.
-
- Regards,
-
- Al
-
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- Albert P. Belle Isle
- Cerberus Systems, Inc.
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