Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Optimize Your Internet Speed by changing MTU value

MTU stands for Maximum Transmission Unit and in basic terms, it defines the maximum size of a packet that can be transferred in one frame over a network.By optimizing the MTU setting you can gain substantial network performance increases, especially when using dial-up modem connections.


1.Open Regedit
2. Browse for location

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces]

3.Right click select new -> DWord value
4.Give the key name as MTU
5.Double click and set the value as given below, make sure decimal is selected
6.Click ok and its done.Close Regedit

Recommended Values in decimal

  • 576 - Dial-up Connections
  • 1492 - PPPoE Broadband Connections
  • 1500 - Ethernet, DSL and Cable Broadband Connections

    Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

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