At 07:04 PM 10/24/97 -0700, you wrote:
>It strikes me that there are two ways this can be done:
>
>1. change sys/netinet/tcp.h TCP_MSS to 1460
>
>2. add a line to /etc/netstart:
>	/usr/sbin/sysctl -w 'net.inet.tcp.mssdflt=1460'
>
>I'd prefer to see #1, of course.
>
>What are the real (not theoretical) downsides of this change? I'd like to
>see this go in to NetBSD 1.3. More througput with lower overhead.

Why not add an rc.conf variable?
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