Thanks this has made a massive difference ! (0.7K/s -> 55 K/s)
I am a little suprised that changing the mtu has reduced the size of the
incoming packets. Is this inherent in the MTU discovery by the other end,
or does changing the MTU also change the MRU.
I am now confused but happy !
Thanks
Stephen
On Mon, 7 May 2001, Tony Nugent wrote:
> On Sat May 05 2001 at 20:51, Stephen Beynon wrote:
>
> > I would like to know if it is possible to reduce the MRU on an ethernet
> > device in the same way that it is possible with the PPP code.
>
> $ /sbin/ip link help
> Usage: ip link set DEVICE { up | down | arp { on | off } |
> dynamic { on | off } |
> multicast { on | off } | txqueuelen PACKETS |
> name NEWNAME |
> address LLADDR | broadcast LLADDR |
> mtu MTU }
> ip link show [ DEVICE ]
>
> You might note with some interest the mtu parameter.
>
> > I am currently running a late 2.2 kernel - but would be willing to upgrade
> > to 2.4 if this would offer a solution.
>
> Works with 2.2.x and later.
>
> (The 2.2.x kernel was a total rewrite of the 2.0.x networking code.
> /sbin/ip is the new age version of ifconfig - which is now obselete).
>
> Cheers
> Tony
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