MTU is the maximum transmission unit.It is the size of the largest datagram that can be transmitted through a given network. Any messages larger than the MTU are divided into smaller packets before being sent.In some cases we have to increase MTU value for enabling jumbo frames
network 192.168.0.0
gateway 192.168.0.254
netmask 255.255.255.0
mtu 2000
Restart service
#/etc/init.d/networking restart
To view MTU value
#ifconfig eth0 | grep MTU
UBUNTU
Command:
#ifcfg eth0 mtu 2000
Configuration file:
#vi /etc/network/interfaces
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.1network 192.168.0.0
gateway 192.168.0.254
netmask 255.255.255.0
mtu 2000
Restart service
#/etc/init.d/networking restart
To view MTU value
#ifconfig eth0 | grep MTU
CENTOS
Command:
#ifcfg eth0 mtu 1492
Configuration file:
#vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE="eth0"
NM_CONTROLLED="yes"
ONBOOT=yes
HWADDR=A4:BA:DB:37:F1:04
TYPE=Ethernet
BOOTPROTO=static
NAME="System eth0"
UUID=5fb06bd0-0bb0-7ffb-45f1-d6edd65f3e03
IPADDR=192.168.1.23
MTU 2000
Restart service
# /etc/init.d/network restart
To view MTU value
#ifconfig eth0 | grep MTU
Note:if ifconfig command is not available you can install net-tools package in ubuntu/centos for it.
MTU 2000
Restart service
# /etc/init.d/network restart
To view MTU value
#ifconfig eth0 | grep MTU
Note:if ifconfig command is not available you can install net-tools package in ubuntu/centos for it.