diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
index 5f7756bd04..63fe44ade7 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
The FreeBSD Documentation Project
- $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.259 2001/08/31 16:26:23 dd Exp $
+ $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.260 2001/08/31 17:04:49 dd Exp $
1995
@@ -10008,22 +10008,24 @@ ATDT1234567
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\NetTrans\0000\MaxMTU
- It should be a string with a value 1450
- (more accurately it should be 1464
to fit TCP
- packets into a PPPoE frame perfectly but the
- 1450
gives you a margin of error for other IP
- protocols you may encounter). This registry key is reported to
- have moved to
+ It should be a string with a value 1436
, as
+ some ADSL routers are reported to be unable to deal with packets
+ larger than this. This registry key has been changed to
Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\ID for adapter\MTU
- in Windows 2000.
+ in Windows 2000 and becomes a DWORD.
Refer to Microsoft Knowledge
Base documents Q158474 - Windows TCPIP Registry
Entries
and Q120642 - TCPIP & NBT Configuration
- Parameters for Windows NT
for more information on
- changing Windoze MTU to work with a FreeBSD/NAT/PPPoE
- router.
+ Parameters for Windows NT and
+ Microsoft Q120 for more information on
+ changing Windows MTU to work with a NAT router.
+
+ Another regedit possibility under Windows 2000 is to set the
+ Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\ID for adapter\EnablePMTUBHDetect
+ DWORD to 1 as mentioned in the Microsoft Q120 link above.
Unfortunately, MacOS does not provide an interface for
changing TCP/IP settings. However, there is commercial software