During a transmission of Given S Data-processing S, MTU or Maximum Transmission Unit defines the maximum size (in bytes) of the Paquet which can be transmitted in only once.
The MTU is used as a basis for the negotiation of MSS (Maximum Size Segment) in the establishment of a session TCP.
The discovery of the maximum size (in bytes) of the package which can be transmitted in only once on the way of the emetor to the receiver, for example of the navigator Web to the Web server, is called " Path MTU discovery (PMTU) ".
To measure this size under linux, you can use the order " tracepath RFC 1191, Path MTU Discovery
Example of value of MTU according to the type of network
based on a MRU of 1500 for PPP according to the RFC3070.
to make under Linux: Ping 127.0.0.1 - M C - S 16408
or: Tracepath 127.0.0.1
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