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author | dg <dg@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-08-08 10:45:06 +0000 |
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committer | dg <dg@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-08-08 10:45:06 +0000 |
commit | 475bdabd4d7858d65fef64d51de810440cd7959c (patch) | |
tree | 4b7def14c346b4f261e2af6c77d26c200dd75b3d /sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | |
parent | 02aff34c6c3a5a3f4c3ebee75453d49a9fee1ac6 (diff) | |
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Added support for setting the per-interface MTU.
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diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 index 58a2163..378444e 100644 --- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 +++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 @@ -174,6 +174,14 @@ The routing metric is used by the routing protocol Higher metrics have the effect of making a route less favorable; metrics are counted as addition hops to the destination network or host. +.It Cm mtu Ar n +Set the maximum transmission unit of the interface to +.Ar n , +default is interface specific. +The mtu is used to limit the size of packets that are transmitted on an +interface. +Not all interfaces support setting the mtu, and some interfaces have +range restrictions. .It Cm netmask Ar mask (Inet and ISO) Specify how much of the address to reserve for subdividing |