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- From: gene_heskett@wvlink.mpl.com (Gene Heskett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: ppp registration vs. non-registration
- Date: 10 Mar 96 23:36:46 +0500
- Organization: MountainNet, Inc. Morgantown WV 800.444.1458
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- DB> On 07-Mar-96 09:24:23 gene_heskett@wvlink.mpl.com once wrote:
- >>Registered versions allow lots of things to be tweeked, like the
- >>fixed MTU=572 you have now can be taken up to 1500. That alone will
- >>crank the speed up on an otherwise good circuit by 20% or more,
- >>depends on the servers response time from ack to next packet
- >>outputed. I don't imagine that $15 US would cause a market crash in
- >>your area now, would it? <G>
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- DB> whats the best method for setting MTU. I asked my provider and
- DB> they said set it at 297. Should I increase it or decrease it from
- DB> there.
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- 297? Find another ISP, that ones terminally stupid! 1500 is the max,
- and a good starting point. If that ISP can't go 1000+, then its like
- I said, find another that can.
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- Good luck Dave, Gene
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