Fwd: Re: MTU [kerndtr@kerndt.com]

[rickie kerndt <kerndtr_(_at_)_kerndt_(_dot_)_com>]

On 2004.06.02 11:04, Nick Holland wrote:
> luizinho wrote:
>
> > Hi guys. A few weeks ago I bought a Ethernet card
> > with VIA VT6105 chipset. I just can´t change the MTU
> > of that to 1492. Is it possible? Where can I read if
> > is it possible?
> I discovered recently that NOT ALL NICS let you set the MTU.  The rule seems  
> to be, "If you need to, the NIC you picked doesn't permit it" :)

I have this same problem with my box as well. To get around this I've set the  
mtu=1492 for the default route in the routing table. Though path mtu discovery  
did work well I felt it was just more efficient to specify this in the default  
route as my internet connection is through an ADSL modem using PPPoE.