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Configuring MTU and MRU for PPP Subscribers

You can configure the maximum transmission unit (MTU) and maximum receive unit for Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) subscribers. This configuration is supported for the following PPP subscribers:

  • PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) subscribers

  • PPP over Ethernet over ATM (PPPoE over ATM) subscribers

  • PPP over ATM (PPPoA) subscribers

  • Tunneled PPP LAC subscribers

  • Tunneled PPP LNS subscribers

The MTU configuration specifies the maximum allowable data unit size (in bytes) that can be transmitted over a PPP connection without fragmentation. This size excludes the lower-layer header size. With this configuration, you can choose to either configure an explicit MTU value or use the MTU value configured for the interface excluding the lower-layer header size.

The MRU configuration specifies the size of maximum receive unit (MRU) that the router uses during link control protocol (LCP) negotiation for dynamic and static PPP subscribers and L2TP tunneled subscribers.

To configure MTU and MRU values for PPP subscribers:

  • (Optional) Configure the MTU and the MRU for dynamic PPP subscribers (includes dynamic PPPoE and PPPoE over ATM subscribers).
  • (Optional) Configure the MTU and the MRU for static PPP subscribers (includes PPP over ATM subscribers).
  • (Optional) Configure the MTU and the MRU for dynamic tunneled PPP subscribers for L2TP LNS.
  • (Optional) Configure the MTU and the MRU for static tunneled PPP subscribers for L2TP LNS.
  • Configure the MTU and the MRU for static and dynamic PPP subscribers associated with a group profile.