NETGEAR DGND3300 Network Router User Manual


 
RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Modem Router DGND3300 User Manual
7-9 Fine-Tuning Your Network
v1.0, January 2010
To change the MTU size:
1. In the main menu, under Advanced, select WAN Setup.
2. In the MTU Size field, enter a new size between 64 and 1500.
3. Click Apply to save the new configuration.
1472 Maximum size to use for pinging. (Larger packets are fragmented.)
1468 Used in some DHCP environments.
1460 Usable by AOL if you don't have large e-mail attachments, for example.
1436 Used in PPTP environments or with VPN.
1400 Maximum size for AOL DSL.
576 Typical value to connect to dial-up ISPs.
Table 7-2. Common MTU Sizes
MTU Application