http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-PLEASE-HELP-ANYONE-444025 en Sat, 26 Mar 2022 03:39:47 EDT Sat, 26 Mar 2022 03:39:47 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-PLEASE-HELP-ANYONE-456252 I have to agree 100% with DrTCP. All the new posts completely confirm his statements. I think we finally have a handle on WHAT and HOW this is happening.

We have NO idea as to WHY Linksys (and now Ugate, by-the-way) have chosen this MSS limitation scheme.

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People will now ask the question -- what do I do with my computer??

For Cable or non-PPPoE DSL:

There is little you need to do. If having the highest MTU is your goal, then you should choose a firmware earlier than 1.36. You need to weigh this against any benefits that can be attributed to the newer firmware.

For DSL w/ PPPoE:

1) You need to set your NIC's MaxMTU to 1492. Failure to do this will lead to unnecessarily small packets -- your up and down MTU's will be cut to 1362.

This is probably the best argument I have ever seen for adjusting your MTU in ALL of my 1900+ posts.

2) If having the highest MTU is your goal, then you should choose a firmware earlier than 1.36. You need to weigh this against any benefits that can be attributed to the newer firmware.

3) You will have NO control over what your UPload MTU is. The Tweak test will continue to show that your "Max sized data packet" is 1362.

4) It is DESIRABLE for the Tweak Test to say, "(Which is less than your advertised MSS)". This implies you have set your MTU correctly and have maximized your download packet size.
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Hank, I hope your forum finds this information useful.

I want to THANK everyone for their participation. We could not have figured this out without all the help we received.:)
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