Glossary: TCP/IP in Depth, Part 1
MTU (maximum transmission unit)
Also written: mtu
The largest IP packet a link can carry in one frame. On Ethernet it is 1,500 bytes, counting the IP header but not the Ethernet header.
Glossary: TCP/IP in Depth, Part 1
Also written: mtu
The largest IP packet a link can carry in one frame. On Ethernet it is 1,500 bytes, counting the IP header but not the Ethernet header.