Re: correlation between the WAN MTU and security for the LAN.

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Bink Villains... knock off all that evil join:2006-05-14 Denver, CO kudos:4 Reviews: ·VOIPo	reply to neftv Re: correlation between the WAN MTU and security for the LAN. Well, I don’t have Verizon FiOS, but a search quickly turned up »www2.verizon.net/help/fios_setti···more.asp, which says the optimal MTU for Verizon FiOS is 1492.
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neftv join:2000-10-01 Broomall, PA	That makes sense now as that part of the site looks fairly new. Thanks.
neftv join:2000-10-01 Broomall, PA	to forum · permalink · 2012-10-25 10:05:11 ·
tschmidt Premium,MVM join:2000-11-12 Milford, NH kudos:8 Reviews: ·G4 Communications ·Fairpoint Commun.. ·Hollis Hosting	reply to Bink said by Bink: the optimal MTU for Verizon FiOS is 1492. That means they are using PPPoE encapsulation which adds 8 bytes to each packet reducing the MTU to 1492. /tom
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neftv join:2000-10-01 Broomall, PA	I have always been on DHCP with Fios. I just can't use 1500 if I want to be able to receive streaming media for any length of time. 1492 seems to be holding good for me.
neftv join:2000-10-01 Broomall, PA	to forum · permalink · 2012-10-25 23:01:11 ·

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