mtu size what should i put in

hi there to you all i have just purchased a netgear wgt624 v2 from pc world
this morning now i like my stuff set up perfect what whould i put in for mtu
size the box in blank but i have to put somthin in it hope to hear from you
soon

Paul

Paul wrote in message
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> hi there to you all i have just purchased a netgear wgt624 v2 from pc
> world this morning now i like my stuff set up perfect what whould i
> put in for mtu size the box in blank but i have to put somthin in it
> hope to hear from you soon

The normal values that I've seen quoted are:

1400
1458
1500

My Netgear DG834GT is using the default value of 1458. I'd suggest that you
set yours to this value - unless you're connecting to AOL in which case you
need to lower it to 1400.

"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> hi there to you all i have just purchased a netgear wgt624 v2 from pc
> world
> this morning now i like my stuff set up perfect what whould i put in for
> mtu
> size the box in blank but i have to put somthin in it hope to hear from
> you
> soon

well, it's dependant on many factors, but 1458 is a figure that springs to
mind ;-)

P.

> unless you're connecting to AOL in which case you
> need to lower it to 1400.

No need to any more.

Dave

gort wrote in
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>> unless you're connecting to AOL in which case you
>> need to lower it to 1400.
>
> No need to any more.

Ah, they've finally removed that restriction have they? Good! The last time
I configured a router for AOL, about six months ago, it refused to
authenticate with MTU=1458 but authenticated fine with MTU=1400. With other
routers in the past, I've found that you can authenticate at either MTU but
the connection seems to drop out (router shows LCP is down / LCP is coming
up / CHAP authentication success / LCP is down) cycles every so often.

gort wrote:
> > unless you're connecting to AOL in which case you
> > need to lower it to 1400.
>
> No need to any more.

is it 1450 now, or the correct default of 1500 ?

Phil

gort wrote:
>> unless you're connecting to AOL in which case you
>> need to lower it to 1400.
>
> No need to any more.
> Dave

According to <http://info.aol.co.uk/broadband/faqHomeNetworking.adp>,
this is still a requirement. Or are they just lazy updating their web help?

On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:56:46 +0100, Simon Dobson wrote:

> gort wrote:
>>> unless you're connecting to AOL in which case you
>>> need to lower it to 1400.
>>
>> No need to any more.
>> Dave
>
> According to <http://info.aol.co.uk/broadband/faqHomeNetworking.adp>,
> this is still a requirement. Or are they just lazy updating their web help?

Well a few weeks a go I put a customer on AOL with a router and left it on
the default I believe 1450 and went ok. No probs conecting and she is
still using it at the default. Should have paid a bit more attention I
know, but it was the end of a very,long, hot day and I was just pleased it
went ok as it was AOL.

Dave

gort wrote:
>
> Well a few weeks a go I put a customer on AOL with a router and left it on
> the default I believe 1450 and went ok. No probs conecting and she is
> still using it at the default. Should have paid a bit more attention I
> know, but it was the end of a very,long, hot day and I was just pleased it
> went ok as it was AOL.

Could be that it works, but not 100% The second last time someone asked
me about a problem with their AOL connection, everything was fine bar
web pages with SSL ("Page Not Displayed" etc.) Setting the MTU to 1400
corrected this.

The last time I set up an AOL router I put the MTU to 1400 just in case.

On 10/09/06 14:23, Flyer wrote :-
> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:JnTMg.16677$(E-Mail Removed). uk...
>> hi there to you all i have just purchased a netgear wgt624 v2 from pc
>> world
>> this morning now i like my stuff set up perfect what whould i put in for
>> mtu
>> size the box in blank but i have to put somthin in it hope to hear from
>> you
>> soon
>
> well, it's dependant on many factors, but 1458 is a figure that springs to
> mind ;-)
>
> P.
>
>

Mine is set to 1484, although I forget exactly why. I doubt there's much
difference either way, TBH...

xF,

....Nick