Tweaking MTU setting

SecretSquirrel · February 15, 2006, 01:53:45 PM

Eclipse(my isp) recommend changing to 1458 apparently the BT ADSL std.

However I've also read changing this can improve your connection under certain circumstances but make it worse in others.

Windows default is 1500.

Anyone tinkered with theie value ?

Good or bad experiences

Anonymous · February 15, 2006, 01:58:11 PM

If you are running XP then tweaking the MTU shouldn't make much of a difference. Tweaking the RWIN settings (Default Recieve Window) has a bigger benefit.

If you want to do it then I recommend trying Dr TCP which is free (search you'll find it)

Many years back I wrote a program called MTUSpeed which was very popular around the time of Win98/W2K/NT4 (so popular in fact that one week it had more downloads than the recently released Quake demo :devil: )

I gave up developing MTUSpeed when i started becoming ill and IMHO Dr TCP is the next best thing

JB · February 15, 2006, 02:04:15 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by BlueBall@Feb 15 2006, 01:58 PM

Many years back I wrote a program called MTUSpeed which was very popular around the time of Win98/W2K/NT4 (so popular in fact that one week it had more downloads than the recently released Quake demo :devil: )

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Didn't realise we had a celebrity among us. :worship:

Anonymous · February 15, 2006, 02:05:14 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by JB@Feb 15 2006, 02:04 PM
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LOL

I even got a mention by PC Pro in Davey Winder's Internet column

Blunt · February 15, 2006, 02:27:56 PM

yours for $11...clicky

DuVeL · February 15, 2006, 02:35:18 PM

How many Mike Sutherlands are there?

They're taking over the world I tell you! :ph34r:

He's even been in the white house (just do a Googlesearch on the name).

Sorry for offtopic... :blush:

Edit: BB, I even found a part in Dutch about your program. :huh:

Anonymous · February 15, 2006, 02:38:56 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Blunt@Feb 15 2006, 02:27 PM
yours for $11...clicky
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As you can see, software development doesn't allow you to retire on the proceeds

JB · February 16, 2006, 10:59:57 AM

Did it make you much in the way of retirement funds?

Anonymous · February 16, 2006, 11:21:42 AM

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nope

but then again i did make it payment optional and it was surprising how many people did pay but it still didn't add up to much.