Monday, 2 May 2016

What is MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) ?


What is MTU?
  • Maximum Transmission Unit refers to the largest packet size.
  • MTU is for passing a communication protocol for a given layer.
  • Communication interfaces such as NIC, serial port are associated with MTU parameters.
  • MTU might be a fixed unit as per Ethernet recommended standards.
  • Higher band-width efficiency is achieved with a higher MTU.


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