Why MTU is set to 576 by DHCP?

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123 Posts: 9 ✭✭
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Hello.
At seems that MTU sent by DHCP server is set way too low (576 bytes). Is there a good reason for that?

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  • sman
    sman Posts: 4,917 ✭✭
    this is over the wifi?
    I did not know that the DHCP was able to send the MTU configuration
  • Aliaksei
    Aliaksei Posts: 5 ✭✭
    Indeed such problem exists if one connect desktop directly to the modem while modem in pass-through mode. Videotron DHCP sets mtu to 576.
  • Jimmy N. #14505
    Jimmy N. #14505 Posts: 620 ✭✭
    You worked your way around it ?
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