said by alhanson:DrStanglove you dont know what you are talking about.
For Window Vista Users:
1. To check Vista MTU setting
a. GoTo Admin DOS Prompt and enter:
netsh interface ipv4 show subinterface
Whatever it says, is what it is, according to Microsoft. Unless the individual user has changed MTU, it will say 1500.
2. TCP/IP Configuration Settings
At your own risk, read this:
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download.microsoft.com/d ··· _Reg.docYes, with a 1500 MTU setting, your OS can send a smaller packet when needed. But, you can also lock in a smaller packet size, and maintain this packet size via OS (set Value Type: REG_DWORDBoolean to 0 in registry, at your own risk).
But, when downloading files, it will take longer with a smaller MTU like 576.
3. If you want to verify what is happening:
Debug the MTU values between you and a host.
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www.elifulkerson.com/pro ··· oute.phpI've been down the MTU road since early 90s....in today's world, just leave it alone to default is my opinion for most all users on satellite.