Config of my USERS FILE - ?? MTU ?? (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Sun, 3 Aug 1997 21:28:13 -0700 (PDT)

Once upon a time Jeff Halper shaped the electrons to say...
>user Password = "UNIX"
> User-Service-Type = Framed-User,
> Framed-Protocol = PPP,
> Framed-Netmask = 255.255.255.0,
> Framed-Routing = None,
> Framed-Filter-Id = "std.ppp",
> Framed-MTU = 1500,
> Framed-Compression = Van-Jacobsen-TCP-IP,

Note this is the older, RADIUS 1.16 format.

And unless you really have a 'std.ppp.in' and/or 'std.ppp.out' on the
NAS, the Framed-Filter-Id line is pointless.

>I was told i could increase the user's speed on the net by changing the
>MTU to 576. Any one have any feedback on this??

It doesn't help much. And, in fact, it does *nothing* to users using
PAP/CHAP. Since MTU is set BEFORE authentication, it will already be
negotiated to the default 1500 unless the client end requests something
lower. Remember, with PPP it is really Maximum RECEIVE unit - not transmit -
in any case.

-MZ

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