Archive for April, 2009

Weddings for Dummies

I just  bought a book to help with wedding planning, as I am now engaged.


Finding Optimal MTU Size

Start with a high MTU value (say 1500)
ping www.google.com -n 1 -f -l 1500
If the response includes
Packet needs to be fragmented but DF set
then lower the -l value by 10 and re-test.  Once you get a reply from your target address, increment the -l value by 1 until you cannot increment -l without receiving the above framentation [...]