Setting MTU

[Dotan Cohen]

On 06/11/06, Johan Ramm-Ericson <ubuntu at ramm-ericson.se> wrote:
>
> On Mon, November 6, 2006 Dotan Cohen wrote:
>
> > When I check ifconfig, I see that my mtu is 1500. However, my ISP said
> > that I should change it to 1392. So:
> >
> > $ sudo ifconfig mtu 1392
> > SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> > mtu: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> > $
> >
> > Also, I connect via a Level1 router. Must I change the mtu in the
> > router as well? Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Dotan Cohen
>
> 1) sudo ifconfig eth0 mtu 1392
> 2) I would change it on the router (only), but why is your ISP saying you
> should change the MTU?
>

I'm not so technical as to know. I need to learn a bit more about mtu
and the related fields to question these things myself.

Dotan Cohen

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