MTU setting - what is best?

[Hxx]

What should the MTU setting be -I downloaded a proggie DSL Speed that changed the MTU setting to 1492 - I dont see any diff...

 

[mancombseepgood]

Interesting can of worms

I'd like to hear the average opinion on this - if anyone has input here, please specify why you think what you do as I would love to know what the local setup prefers as well as why. I suspect SA is not run of the mill and suggestions from manufacturer's sites may differ...

 

[MobileAllOver]

Default ADSL settings on my router MRU = 1480 ; MTU = 1492

Everything works 100%, all sites. With a second NAT I need to mangle the packets back to 1488 seeing that the default for Etherner devices = 1500

I think it depends on your connection. With IBurst some users drop MTU to as low as 1300...

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