In a nutshell, the maximum transmission unit (MTU) limits the maximum amount of data that can be transmitted in a single network-layer transaction, but 1,500 is kind of a strange number in binary.
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Eric Sondheimer is the prep sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times. He has been honored seven times by the California Prep Sportswriters Assn. for best prep sports column. A graduate of Cal ...
Eric Niiler covers climate, ocean and Earth sciences for The Wall Street Journal from the Washington bureau. He is also following emerging applications of artificial intelligence in scientific and ...
Eric Deggans is NPR's first full-time TV critic, also serving as media analyst and guest host for the network. Deggans came to NPR in 2013 from the Tampa Bay Times, where he served as TV/Media ...