Scorpio
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ManOfMeans said:
Thanks for the link, I will go over it and see if it will help me in anyway.
Cheers.
ManOfMeans said:
Scorpio said:It looks like I am stuck with my 512 connection until there is some kind of change at my exchange or technology in my area!!
Changing the subject slightly, I have seen some stuff about MTU settings and DRTCP?
Will changing my MTU settings give me a little performance boost?
What else can I use to make use of this 512k connection to its maxiumum?
Thanks for all your help.
ManOfMeans said:The best is roughtly 1458 due to the header and tail of the packet going on and keeping it under the 1500 mark where BT's network will fragment the packets if it is over that.
2.2 Transport IP Layer
This layer must conform to RFC 791|7].
There is no requirement for a routing protocol to be used - static routes are configured instead.
The MTU size associated with this layer needs to be at least 1542 to allow 1500 byte packets to be sent un-fragmented to the BT-RAS and hence improve the performance of the BT IPStream service received by End Users. The use of an MTU size of at least 1542 bytes on this interface will be mandatory from the middle of 2003. BT, however, recommends Customers use a MTU size of 1600 bytes on this interface to allow for future enhancements. BT will use an MTU size of 1600 bytes on this interface.