modem tuning (Was Re: [luau] Epson 636U on RH 9.0)

[Vince Hoang]

On Sun, May 25, 2003 at 01:49:00PM -0700, Paul Mullin wrote:
> Another issue...my USR controller modem (5610B)seems slugish
> and prone to droping out in linux compared with Windows. I
> wonder if the transfer parameters are incorrect. Anybody know
> where MTU, etc. live in Linux?

Assuming your dialup is on ppp0, you should be able to do
something like `ifconfig ppp0 mtu 576`.

If your modem is dropping, that should be more of an issue with
line noise. I have not idea why you see more drops using Linux.

> I am a Linux newbie living on the West End of Moloka'i

Welcome to the list.

-Vince