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Enable MTU Black Hole Detection (Windows 95/98/Me)

Specifies whether the stack will attempt to detect Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) routers that do not send back ICMP fragmentation-needed messages.

This tweak can be easily applied using WinGuides Tweak Manager.
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Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new string value (or DWORD value for Windows 95) named "PMTUBlackHoleDetect" and set it to either "1" to enable detection or "0" to disable it.

Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

Registry Editor Example
|NameTypeData|
|(Default)REG_SZ(value not set)|
|PMTUBlackHoleDetectREG_SZ1|
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|HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MST...|
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Registry Settings
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP]
Value Name: PMTUBlackHoleDetect
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

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Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last modified: May 13, 2002

 
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