Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1995 16:02:22 -0800 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: Tom Samplonius <tom@haven.uniserve.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: SLIP MTU in 1.1.5.1 Message-ID: <199502090002.QAA13708@corbin.Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 Feb 95 15:53:56 PST." <199502082353.PAA13674@corbin.Root.COM>
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>> >> How do you change the SLIP MTU on 1.1.5.1? I have tried putting the >>line: >> >>options "SLMTU=1500" >> >>in my kernel config file. > > You can't reliably use an MTU this large without changing other things in >the kernel. I'd recommend using an MTU of 552 - this usually acheives the best >performance (several reasons why...but I won't go into this now). The above >'options' line is correct except for the value being too large. Oh, one more thing...you *can* use a large MTU in 2.x if you like - 2.x doesn't have the same problems (no fixed size tty ring buffer for one thing). -DG
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