James Henry Maiewski wrote: > Hello, > > In Kppp, click Configure -> Accounts -> Edit (after selecting the > account) -> > Customize pppd Arguments. pppd man pages says the folowing: > > mru n Set the MRU [Maximum Receive Unit] value to n. Pppd will ask the > peer to send packets of no more than n bytes. The minimum MRU > value is 128. The default MRU value is 1500. A value of 296 is > recommended for slow links (40 bytes for TCP/IP header + 256 > bytes of data). (Note that for IPv6 MRU must be at least 1280) > > mtu n Set the MTU [Maximum Transmit Unit] value to n. Unless the peer > requests a smaller value via MRU negotiation, pppd will request > that the kernel networking code send data packets of no more > than n bytes through the PPP network interface. (Note that for > IPv6 MTU must be at least 1280) > > My question is: IPv6? How does one know what version is current? > IPv6 is an extended version of IP addressing, allowing for more IP addresses. The chances of it being in use by an ISP over a modem link is very small, so I wouldn't worry about it. Almost everyone is still using IPv4.
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