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| From | Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Why packets (from my ISP to me) on the WAN VC side of my router are twice the size of packets on the Ethernet (and a corresponding twice as many bytes) |
| Date | 2017-02-09 17:00 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <t8Ziy-803-23@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <t7ZXj-2yL-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <t8dQD-3lb-49@gated-at.bofh.it> <t8Wb0-6a9-29@gated-at.bofh.it> <t8WE1-6zl-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
rhkramer@gmail.com wrote: > On Thursday, February 09, 2017 07:21:58 AM Dan Purgert wrote: >> rhkramer@gmail.com wrote: >> > I noticed today that those statistics pages do tell me the size of the >> > MTUs >> > >> > On the: MTU is: >> > WAN VC 1540 >> > Ethernet 1500 >> >> Yuck. Hate it when people start mucking around with MTUs ... > > If somebody was mucking about with MTUs it tweren't me. I'm guessing > those are set in the modem [...] Yes, Earthlink is mucking aound with MTUs. As (I think) has been previously mentioned, Ethernet is 1500 bytes. TYPICALLY one would see that a MTU is *lowered* on a pppoe connection, rahter than *raised*. Suppose at the end of the day, if the guys handling it know what they're doing, it doesn't much matter one way or the other -- but it can cause loads of "fun" problems, especially when the guys who know what they're doing end up training their third-world contractor replacements. -- |_|O|_| Registered Linux user #585947 |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: 05CA 9A50 3F2E 1335 4DC5 4AEE 8E11 DDF3 1279 A281
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Why packets (from my ISP to me) on the WAN VC side of my router are twice the size of packets on the Ethernet (and a corresponding twice as many bytes) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-02-06 23:30 +0100
Re: Why packets (from my ISP to me) on the WAN VC side of my router are twice the size of packets on the Ethernet (and a corresponding twice as many bytes) Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-02-07 00:40 +0100
Re: Why packets (from my ISP to me) on the WAN VC side of my router are twice the size of packets on the Ethernet (and a corresponding twice as many bytes) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-02-07 01:20 +0100
Re: Why packets (from my ISP to me) on the WAN VC side of my router are twice the size of packets on the Ethernet (and a corresponding twice as many bytes) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-02-07 01:30 +0100
Re: Why packets (from my ISP to me) on the WAN VC side of my router are twice the size of packets on the Ethernet (and a corresponding twice as many bytes) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-02-07 01:30 +0100
Re: Why packets (from my ISP to me) on the WAN VC side of my router are twice the size of packets on the Ethernet (and a corresponding twice as many bytes) Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-02-07 11:40 +0100
Re: Why packets (from my ISP to me) on the WAN VC side of my router are twice the size of packets on the Ethernet (and a corresponding twice as many bytes) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-02-07 14:20 +0100
Re: Why packets (from my ISP to me) on the WAN VC side of my router are twice the size of packets on the Ethernet (and a corresponding twice as many bytes) Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-02-09 13:40 +0100
Re: Why packets (from my ISP to me) on the WAN VC side of my router are twice the size of packets on the Ethernet (and a corresponding twice as many bytes) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-02-09 14:10 +0100
Re: Why packets (from my ISP to me) on the WAN VC side of my router are twice the size of packets on the Ethernet (and a corresponding twice as many bytes) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-02-09 14:20 +0100
Re: Why packets (from my ISP to me) on the WAN VC side of my router are twice the size of packets on the Ethernet (and a corresponding twice as many bytes) Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-02-09 17:00 +0100
Re: Why packets (from my ISP to me) on the WAN VC side of my router are twice the size of packets on the Ethernet (and a corresponding twice as many bytes) GiaThnYgeia <GiaThnYgeia@openmailbox.org> - 2017-02-09 17:30 +0100
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