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  1. #1


    Ian Thompson-Bell Guest

    mtu tweak

    I need to tweak the mtu of my vista network connection to 1492 to
    connect properly to my ISP. On my old Win 2000 machine this was easily
    done with dr.tcp but this does not seem to work with vista. As a result
    I cannot access the MS web site or get updates.

    Help.




    Cheers

    Ian

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  2. #2


    David H. Lipman Guest

    Re: mtu tweak

    From: "Ian Thompson-Bell" <ruffrecords@xxxxxx>

    | I need to tweak the mtu of my vista network connection to 1492 to
    | connect properly to my ISP. On my old Win 2000 machine this was easily
    | done with dr.tcp but this does not seem to work with vista. As a result
    | I cannot access the MS web site or get updates.

    | Help.


    | Cheers

    | Ian

    If you are using a Cable/DSL Router to connecto your DSL, set the MTU value of 1492 on the
    Router.
    If you don't have a Cable/DSL Router, I *strongly* suggest getting one.

    If you are using a DSL Modem+router you should be able to set the MTU value of 1492 on it.

    --
    Dave
    http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
    Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp



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  3. #3


    Ian Thompson-Bell Guest

    Re: mtu tweak

    David H. Lipman wrote:

    > From: "Ian Thompson-Bell" <ruffrecords@xxxxxx>
    >
    > | I need to tweak the mtu of my vista network connection to 1492 to
    > | connect properly to my ISP. On my old Win 2000 machine this was easily
    > | done with dr.tcp but this does not seem to work with vista. As a result
    > | I cannot access the MS web site or get updates.
    >
    > | Help.
    >
    >
    > | Cheers
    >
    > | Ian
    >
    > If you are using a Cable/DSL Router to connecto your DSL, set the MTU value of 1492 on the
    > Router.
    > If you don't have a Cable/DSL Router, I *strongly* suggest getting one.
    >
    > If you are using a DSL Modem+router you should be able to set the MTU value of 1492 on it.
    >
    Already done that but I need also to set it at the vista PC end too.

    Cheers

    Ian

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  4. #4


    David H. Lipman Guest

    Re: mtu tweak

    From: "Ian Thompson-Bell" <ruffrecords@xxxxxx>


    | Already done that but I need also to set it at the vista PC end too.

    | Cheers

    | Ian

    No. You should not have to. I have DSL and I have hooked up Vista computers to my SOHO
    LAN without any problems with MTU=1492 set on my Linksys BEFSR81 Router.

    --
    Dave
    http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
    Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp



      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  5. #5


    Ian Thompson-Bell Guest

    Re: mtu tweak

    David H. Lipman wrote:

    > From: "Ian Thompson-Bell" <ruffrecords@xxxxxx>
    >
    >
    > | Already done that but I need also to set it at the vista PC end too.
    >
    > | Cheers
    >
    > | Ian
    >
    > No. You should not have to. I have DSL and I have hooked up Vista computers to my SOHO
    > LAN without any problems with MTU=1492 set on my Linksys BEFSR81 Router.
    >
    Well, my Safecom router has an option to set mtu on the ADSL side and
    this I have set to 1492. However, I still have to set the mtu at the PC
    end on my Windows 2000 and Linux PCs connected to the router. When this
    is done they work fine - without it many web sites are not accessible,
    so I am as certain as I can be that setting the mtu in vista will fix
    the problem if only I could find out how to do it. I am reluctant to get
    a new router just to appease vista.

    Cheers

    Ian

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  6. #6


    Ian Thompson-Bell Guest

    Re: mtu tweak

    David H. Lipman wrote:

    > From: "Ian Thompson-Bell" <ruffrecords@xxxxxx>
    >
    >
    > | Already done that but I need also to set it at the vista PC end too.
    >
    > | Cheers
    >
    > | Ian
    >
    > No. You should not have to. I have DSL and I have hooked up Vista computers to my SOHO
    > LAN without any problems with MTU=1492 set on my Linksys BEFSR81 Router.
    >
    It's OK I have found the fix. For anyone else who has problems setting
    MTU in Vista here is a link to the fix.

    http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/vistaMTU.htm

    Cheers

    Ian

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