Re: nVidia MCP55 (was: Slow internet on AMD64 running Etch)

[Greg Folkert <greg@gregfolkert.net>]

On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 12:43 -0700, Dave Stephenson wrote:
> Hello again,
> 
> MTU 1500 does indeed fix the speed problem, but I can't make it stick.
> When i reboot I get MTU 576 again.  I presume DHCP is setting this
> somehow.
> I have searched around and have tried to put MTU in /etc/network/
> interfaces without success.
> I have not been able to find an example clear enough for my slow
> learning curve.
> One site gave an example, but said it was obsolete in Etch.
> 
> Can someone point me in thr right direction

http://www.debianadmin.com/change-mtu-maximum-transmission-unit-of-network-interface.html

Or something like /etc/network/interfaces 

        face eth0 inet dhcp
        pre-up /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE mtu 500

Hope that helps.
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