Edgy: Eth0 not setting correct MTU

Tue Oct 10 15:05:26 UTC 2006

Richard said the following at 10/09/2006 10:23 AM :
> Why is edgy not configuring eth0 correctly,
> mtu's should be around 1500
> 
> Here is mine:
> 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,10000> mtu 576 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
>     link/ether 00:03:25:28:93:b3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> 
> Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet 
> Controller (rev 10)
> ----
> As you can see its not 1500 ( Anyone ?? )

What is at the other end of the ethernet link? And are there any devices
between the two ends?

And although it probably has nothing to do with anything, what command did
you type to produce that output?