> mouse-pppoe sets it to 1400???  I don't know why its so low, pppoe adds 8
> bytes of encapsulation, so thats an mtu of 1492 over ethernet (mtu 1500).

prometheus# ifconfig ppp0
ppp0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1400
        inet 65.68.73.156 -> 65.68.75.254 netmask 0xff000000
        inet6 fe80::240:f4ff:fe2f:4de8%ppp0 -> :: prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4


> I think you should be able to adjust the MTU all you want (although I've
> heard some drivers don't support it).  I've done it on my -current gateway
> and client, but there might be a bug in NetBSD-1.5 or in the specific
> ethernet driver you use.  Try just lowering the mtu on the route instead
> of changing the actual interface.

On the route?  How would I go about that?  Or would it be enough to
lower the MTU on the ``leaf node'' and ignore the gateway?


  ``I probably don't know what I'm talking about.'' --rauch@math.rice.edu