MTU: Helping to quicken your gameplay!

[Science]

It's completely okay XDD thank you for trying to help =)

Hmm...I just texted my friend, and he told me XP needs you to use registry to directly change your MTU. I can maybe look into that and create a subsection of the guide for Windows XP and other OS's that require different methods xDD

[Chihaya]

Hmm...I just texted my friend, and he told me XP needs you to use registry to directly change your MTU. I can maybe look into that and create a subsection of the guide for Windows XP and other OS's that require different methods xDD

ouch... i hate messing with registry edit x.x;;
What value do i have to change?

[Science]

I'VE DONE IT! SOMEWHAT!

Windows XP users:

Step 1) Run Regedit

Step 2) Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameter s\Interfaces\

Step 3) Similar to how you would disable Nagle, locate the folder which has info about your IP address

Step 4) Within that folder, there is a value named MTU. Modify that value and change the number to what please you. You can use Hex:MTU ratio examples that I found such as 96:150, 146:326, and 500:1280

Step 5) Reboot your computer and if a noticeable change is present, you probably changed your MTU! Congrats!

[Chihaya]

I'VE DONE IT! SOMEWHAT!

Windows XP users:

Step 1) Run Regedit

Step 2) Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameter s\Interfaces\

Step 3) Similar to how you would disable Nagle, locate the folder which has info about your IP address

Step 4) Within that folder, there is a value named MTU. Modify that value and change the number to what please you. You can use Hex:MTU ratio examples that I found such as 96:150, 146:326, and 500:1280

Step 5) Reboot your computer and if a noticeable change is present, you probably changed your MTU! Congrats!

:O I'll try that, but not now since it's 12 AM and Jason is sleepy; thanks for looking this up for me! +rep!!

[ResilienT]

can anyone confirm this works yet? Window XP users....

[Science]

there's no harm in checking if the value is there, but I'm pretty sure it works.

[Chihaya]

there's no harm in checking if the value is there, but I'm pretty sure it works.

Just checked, but there's no "MTU" value in there at all.
Are you sure that's the case here?

P.S. there's no value with "mtu" in it for that matter

[Science]

Hmmm...I personally don't have an XP computer, so I can't test what I say. I'm just telling you guys what I've learned, so it may not be completely accurate.

[Papaya Pok Pok]

I think my internet got slower after doing this.. o_o

Or maybe its because my mom's taking all the bandwidth - -;

Yeah.. I think its my mom..

[Science]

It is meant for making games faster mostly. It sends packets quicker, but sends the packets while they hold less data. If you just want to stream data, you should set a high MTU, but you should have a medium-low MTU for gaming.