On Sunday 08 October 2006 8:43 pm, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 08:02:03PM -0400, Richard wrote: > > This is odd, (VERY) > > when surfing its okay, however, when downloading like new iso image > > files, or ftping... the ethernet connection seems to come to a crawl, > > then stops (cold) (please note: in Window XP (oops) there was never a > > problem in downloading. <little grin> > > > > Here is my snap of ifconfig -a > > ----------------------------- > > $ ifconfig -a > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:25:28:93:B3 > > inet addr:24.92.160.221 Bcast:255.255.255.255 > > Mask:255.255.248.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:576 Metric:1 > > RX packets:159889 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:33 > > TX packets:46346 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > > RX bytes:33793861 (32.2 MiB) TX bytes:3929165 (3.7 MiB) > > Interrupt:50 > > I presume that your cable modem is connected to eth0. Why is the MTU so > low? Generally, for a device that connects via ethernet you have an MTU > of 1492 or 1500. >
How does one change the config of the eth0 ? did raise the MTU's Thanks - Rich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
