Re: Automatically setiting mtu

2004-01-22 Thread glenn
Hi David Thanks for reply - and explanations. > You can set the MTU on an interface from /etc/network/interfaces: > > iface eth0 inet static > address 10.20.30.53 > netmask 255.255.255.240 > broadcast 10.20.30.63 > gateway 10.20.30.49 > mtu 1460 This

Re: Automatically setiting mtu

2004-01-21 Thread David Z Maze
glenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Firstly just because I used the tla MTU doesn't mean I undertand it, "Maximum transmission unit", it's the largest packet size that can be sent out over some particular interface. For Ethernet the standard MTU is 1500 bytes; you can apparently get better inter

Re: Automatically setiting mtu

2004-01-19 Thread Jan Minar
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 01:56:51AM +1100, glenn wrote: > Firstly just because I used the tla MTU doesn't mean I undertand it, but > I look after a box where I need to set it, and would like it done > automatically. The way to set a MTU is (assuming you have the iproute package installed): # ip l

Automatically setiting mtu

2004-01-19 Thread glenn
Hi Firstly just because I used the tla MTU doesn't mean I undertand it, but I look after a box where I need to set it, and would like it done automatically. After a bit of googling the only way, out of many, that seems to work on this box is to delete the default route and use the route command to