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Re: off-topic question

• Posted by "Lucius L. Hilley III" <lhilley at CDC.NET> Oct 09, 1999
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Quick solution:  Run regedit, Find MaxMTU.  Remove that
entry.
Educational solution:  Search the Internet about MaxMTU
settings and how the effect your Internet connections.
The MaxMTU is only one of a few settings that are usually
tampered with to maximize Internet speeds.

    Yes, MaxMTU was probably set by a program he installed.
However, MaxMTU is a value that determines the block sizes that
are sent to the server.  If you are old enough to remember
Terminal programs and Zmodem you should be familiar with older
protocols transfer protocols that sent CRC checks every 128K,
256, & 512K Even Ymodem later upgraded to using 1024K.
synchronizing the sending and receiving of these block sizes
can greatly increase your transfer speeds.  I believe that
Windows default MaxMTU setting is 576.  However, by default
there is not a MaxMTU entry in the registry.  The windows
setting is much to small for most ISP connections and speed
surfers. Different ISP's have different MaxMTU settings.
It is difficult to get the exact setting in most cases but
one can usually get a pretty close setting.  If set it too
high your speed will dramatically decrease.  But if you set
it too low your speed isn't hindered as much.  I don't know
or claim to know the full dynamics of all of this.  I am
simply telling you what I understand to be true.  The setting
that windows uses for MaxMTU is optimized for a particular
type of local area networking system. ???(IX/SPX)??? I'm
not really sure which system it is set for.  IPX/SPX is just
my guess.  Could be Netbeui, Netbios or any one of many others.
May even be for TCP/IP but for LAN's.

        Good Luck !!!
    Sincerely,
        Lucius L. Hilley III
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----- Original Message -----
From: Bernie Ryan <bwryan at PCOM.NET>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: off-topic question


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> If MaxMTU is a windows program can't it be uninstalled from the
> control panel. It should have a unistall feature.
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> Bernie
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