Find The MTU of a Path in Your Network Using Ping
May 12, 2020 Configuring MTU Settings Properly Using Ping Test Results Configuring MTU requires first knowing the proper MTU size for the network you are working on. There is one easy way to figure out the right size for your network. Doing a simple DOS Ping test will do just that. Keep sending ping requests, lowering the packet size until it does not need to be fragmented anymore. How to find the proper MTU size for my network | TP-Link Finding the Correct MTU To find the correct MTU for your configuration you must run a simple DO S P ing test. You will simply send out ping requests and progressively lower your packet size until the packet no longer needs to be fragmented. Please reference the following steps: The command for this ping test is ping www.tp-link.com -f -l xxxx.
In this case, Ping displays one of the local stack's IP addresses as the address of the host where fragmentation is needed, and the next-hop MTU value displayed by Ping is the current path MTU value to the destination. For Ping commands to IPv4 destinations, the Ping command processing will not cause path MTU discovery support to be triggered
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How to Use the Ping Command to Test Your Network
Configuring MTU Settings Properly Using Ping Test Results Configuring MTU requires first knowing the proper MTU size for the network you are working on. There is one easy way to figure out the right size for your network. Doing a simple DOS Ping test will do just that. Keep sending ping requests, lowering the packet size until it does not need to be fragmented anymore. How to find the proper MTU size for my network | TP-Link