re: How do I get the MTU setting for the host? Tuesday, November 12, 2002 at 11:48 am Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by tushar (1 messages posted) to determine your servers MTU, at the command prompt type: ping -f -l [packetsize] [server] packetsize = 1 to 1500 the largest value that does not give u the error "Packet needs to be fragmented, but DF set" will be the server's MTU-28(IP=20 bytes & ICMP=8 bytes) MTU = MSS + TCP & IP Headers On Monday, August 12, 2002 at 2:25 pm, Johnny Kwan wrote: >I am a general user on a corporate network. I am attempting to connect to websites >that give me incomplete files. I finally figured out that the problem is the MTU >size. > >However, whenever I set the MTU size on my client, after I reboot, the MTU size that >works decreases by 28 bytes, the size of a packet header. It goes down another notch >each time I set it to a lower value. > >I did some reading on this site and found someone who figured out that if the MTU >of the host is less than the MTU of the client, the client MTU will decrease until >the client matches the server. This person merely reset the MTU on the server and >set the client MTU to match. > >However, I am not a network admin and have no such rights. How can I find out the >MTU setting of the server I am connected to? Written in response to: How do I get the MTU setting for the host? (Johnny Kwan: Monday, August 12, 2002 at 2:25 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] How do I get the MTU setting for the host? (Johnny Kwan: Mon, Aug 12, 2002, 2:25 pm) re: How do I get the MTU setting for the host? (tushar : Tue, Nov 12, 2002, 11:48 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum