> Several of the magazine rags (PCWorld, etc) have been recommending users to
> drop their MTU's to 576 bytes for a significant speedup. I've tried this
> on a modem connection, and by george if it doesn't work. Should we
> consider dropping the NAS-side MTU on async connections to 576 as well, and
> if we did, what negative repercussions would there be?
Its not going to matter if the calling end has 1500 set.
> FWIW, Microsoft has made 576 the default MTU in Win98 now, too,
> acknowledging that it made a mistake in selecting 1500 for its Winsock....
Well then... they will connect and get 576 under normal pap negotiation.
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