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noddy:
Hi while I wait for the exchange to be upgraded  :fingers: which may or may not improve things ( when it's windy :) ) I started looking at MTU settings and after a few ping test it was showing 1430 as the highest with no packet loss ( almost sounds as if I know what I'm talking about - I don't really  ;) ) so that leads me to think my MTU should be set at 1458 ? now should I set the router to this as well as the computers ? or does it not make a deal off difference ? cheers

ejs:
What is the current setting on your router?

noddy:
1492

ejs:
How were you testing it? What were you pinging? Some servers might have lower MTU values than what your connection can generally support.

1458 was an old default value in some Netgear routers. With a PPPoA connection, 1500 is a reasonable choice, I think 1478 gives a very small throughput increase due to optimizing ATM cell packing.

noddy:
I was pinging plusnet.net thinking my provider was a good a choice as any , using cmd , could be anything to do with our exchange being 20cn ?

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