MTU
Broadband Internet Glossary
Broadband Internet — MTU
Information on MTU
The MTU (Maximum Transfer Unit) is the maximum number
of bytes that can be transferred in a single unit
between two computers attached to an IP network. The MTU is associated with a complete path; the MTU
of a path is the minimum of the MTUs of
the individual links in the path.
For Ethernet, the MTU
size is 1500 bytes. Where PPPoE is used, the MTU size is reduced by eight bytes because of the
additional overhead.
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