[Gllug] OT: MTU sizes, w/ Broadband

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 09:36:24AM +0100, Murray wrote:
> If I change to the suggested 1458, then
> 
> - I have to change *every* box on my network, otherwise a box with 1500
> might get *marginally* slower locally.
> 
> But unless the whole internet uses similar values (and I assume MTU is
> relative to the connection speed), there will always be fragmentation
> occuring somewhere.

Yes, but the logical place for this to be done is your router, which
isn't doing anything else much to keep it busy.

-- 
Bruce

What would Edward Woodward do?
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