Re: [techtalk] Re: [issues] Issues FAQ

2000-11-12 Thread Jamie Walker
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yes, it's the max transfer (or transmission) unit: it determines the > largest packet that the router will spit down the modem. Precisely how > it's set depends on the way you're routing packets - for Dancer and I, > that's a debian linux box which acts as our gateway/f

Re: [techtalk] Re: [issues] Issues FAQ

2000-11-12 Thread jenn
Bek Oberin wrote: > > Jenn Vesperman wrote: > >Keep the MTU reasonably down, so that if your > >partner's doing a large download your chat packets go out promptly > >anyway. Learn what MTU means, and how to set it. > > Okay, time to learn. What's a MTU (max trasfer unit - wild > gue

Re: [techtalk] Re: [issues] Issues FAQ

2000-11-12 Thread ktb
Bek Oberin wrote: > > Jenn Vesperman wrote: > >Have your own computers. Have your own computer desks. Build a LAN, > >know how to maintain it, and let the router split the packets. Have a > >router - use the 486 you bought from your cousin's friend who's had it > >on a shelf for y

[techtalk] Re: [issues] Issues FAQ

2000-11-12 Thread Bek Oberin
Jenn Vesperman wrote: >Have your own computers. Have your own computer desks. Build a LAN, >know how to maintain it, and let the router split the packets. Have a >router - use the 486 you bought from your cousin's friend who's had it >on a shelf for years. Keep the MTU reasonably d