MTU

Monitoring

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Term MTU

Category Monitoring

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Definition

Maximum Transmission Unit. The largest packet size (in bytes) that a network interface can transmit without fragmentation. Standard Ethernet MTU is 1500 bytes; jumbo frames allow up to 9000 bytes for high-performance networks.

Monitoring

Related Terms

IP Fragmentation TCP Bandwidth Packet Loss

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