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- From: Philip Stokes <phil@stokes.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: AmiTCP 4.0 and MTU=256 ???
- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 96 21:40:34 GMT
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- R.KAISER@Century.tng.oche.de wrote:
- > I'm a guy sitting in Germany and trying to use AmiTCP 4.0 DEMO to use my
- > SLIP-account to the Technical University of Aachen.
- >
- > Although I have answered all installation questions properly my
- > CSLIP-providers request a value for MTU=256. This value for MTU is not
- > accepted by the installation procedure of the RHCSLIP configuration.
- > So I just put in the value '256' by hand at the right place in the startnet
- > file, but still there is no reply trying to get a connection with ping.
- >
- > I would be happy if anyone is able to help me on this problem because
- > I have no idea to use this MTU in the right way.
-
- According to my TCP/IP books, The Internet Activities Board standards for
- TCP/IP recommend that all networks should have an MTU of at least 576
- octets. Certainly the AmiTCP installer will not allow you to set an
- MTU of a lower value than this.
-
- I don't know if the rhcslip.driver itself would support it but in view
- of the above it is doubtful.
-
- > If you have suggestions please send them per e-mail for I'm not able to read
- > the nets regularly.
-
- Cc'd.
-
- Phil
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- Philip Stokes phil@stokes.demon.co.uk
- Hertfordshire
- England
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