home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: news2.cais.com!news
- From: jk93@mail.erols.com (jk93)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,alt.winsock.trumpet
- Subject: Re: Shouldn't TCPMSS=(MTU-40). ??
- Date: 29 Feb 1996 05:18:42 GMT
- Organization: organized
- Message-ID: <4h3cvi$sn6@news2.cais.com>
- References: <4h2kiv$pn5@news2.cais.com>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp124.erols.com
- Mime-Version: 1.0
- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII
- X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7
-
- I'd like to add a "p.s." to this message (an hour later):
-
- I know there are many different settings that "will work". I'm mainly
- wondering if the ISP is just being "sloppy" in giving these settings, or do
- they know something that i don't know (such as the difference of 40 not
- being important)?
-
-
-
-
- In article <4h2kiv$pn5@news2.cais.com>, jk93@mail.erols.com says...
- >
- >My ISP (who has about 20 tech support reps who know very little) tells
- everyone they should
- >use the following trumpet settings:
- >
- >MTU 576
- >RWIN 2048
- >TCPMSS 512
- >
- >None of the support reps there knew why the tcpmss is not 40 less than the
- MTU,
- >in their recommended setup. But everything i've read elsewhere says it
- should
- >be 40 less (I assume it meant exactly 40 less).
- >Anyone have any idea if those setting are valid?
- >
-
-