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Updated on:
Tuesday, September 07, 1999



Technical Stuff
Tips, Tricks, and Technical Information

MTU Settings
Unclog the Internet: Fix your MTU http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9805/26/net.access.idg/index.html
or
http://www.pcworld.com/current_issue/0,1278,@home+1606,00.html

EasyMTU
http://members.tripod.com/~EasyMTU/

MTUspeed
http://ws4.u-net.net/~mjs/mtuspeed.htm

TweakDUN
http://www.pattersondesigns.com/tweakdun/

Northwest's MTU Techfile and FAQ
http://www.snsaccess.com/~netpro/maxmtu.htm

AOL Tweak
http://users.aol.com/axcel216/newtip7.htm#AOLMTU

Win 3.1 users
Follow these steps:
1. go to computer store
2. buy win95 upgrade
2a. Alternative: buy Win98 release
3. Upgrade

Or look here:

http://www.delphi.com/pccompat/mtu.html

Windows 3.1x MTU, RWIN, MSS, RTO settings;

1. Start Windows 3.1x. Close all open applications.
2. Start Trumpet winsock.
Select: File and Setup (You should see that the Internal PPP box is checked. NOT the Internal SLIP box. If it is you are not using PPP and this change is not for you!)
3. Click on MTU. Change the 1500 value to 1024. If you don't see a speed difference with 1024 try 552.

Make sure that:
TCP RWIN = 2048
TCP MSS = 512
TCP RTO MAX = 60
If they do not -- change them.

4.Click OK. Click File and Exit.
5. Reboot your computer to have the changes take affect.