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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 22:11:04 -0700
From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Dennis George wrote this message on Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 19:55 -0700:
> Can anybody tell me how to find the MTU (Maximum Transmitting Unit) in freeBSD programatically...

Well, as someone pointed out, you can find it in ifconfig.. but if
you want to know the mtu to a specific system, try:
netstat -rWnfinet

(or f<someotherfamily>)

Enjoy.

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