Forcing MTU

[Albert Graham]

Hi

in the ifcfg-xxxY file add:

MTU=9000


I found that my laptop (which is very new) would has a max MTU of 7000 
in Gigabit mode, so 9000 may not always work, of course you may also 
reduce the size (e.g. MTU=256).

albert.



Michelle Gates wrote:
> Never mind... found the flag with ifconfig.
>
> Cheers!
>
> -michelle.
>
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> On Behalf Of Michelle Gates
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> Subject: Forcing MTU
>
>
> All,
>
> Would anyone be able to tell me what I need to edit to force the MTU on an
> FC5 system?
>
> I've been looking all through /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and can't seem
> to find it?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> -michelle.
>
>