From owner-freebsd-questions  Fri Jan 27 10:58:47 1995
Return-Path: questions-owner
Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id KAA24450 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 27 Jan 1995 10:58:47 -0800
Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA24443 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Fri, 27 Jan 1995 10:58:42 -0800
Received: from corbin.Root.COM (corbin.Root.COM [198.145.90.18]) by Root.COM (8.6.8/8.6.5) with ESMTP id KAA03799; Fri, 27 Jan 1995 10:56:40 -0800
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by corbin.Root.COM (8.6.9/8.6.5) with SMTP id KAA00544; Fri, 27 Jan 1995 10:56:39 -0800
Message-Id: <199501271856.KAA00544@corbin.Root.COM>
X-Authentication-Warning: corbin.Root.COM: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol
To: Marc Ramirez <mrami@mramirez.sy.yale.edu>
cc: Sherman F Mui <smui@sparta.sjsu.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: Slip; MTU 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 27 Jan 95 01:03:34 EST."
             <Pine.BSI.3.91.950127010127.16277B-100000@mramirez.sy.yale.edu> 
From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 10:55:23 -0800
Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk

>On Thu, 26 Jan 1995, Sherman F Mui wrote:
>
>> How do I go about setting the MTU when I'm SLIP'ing?
>
>FreeBSD 2.0R:
>
>mramirez# ifconfig sl0 mtu 1006

   I should point out that this only works in 2.x. Changing the MTU in 1.1.5
is more difficult and involves editing some files and rebuilding a kernel.

-DG