For those that don't know, there is a header of 28 (two separate of 20 and 8) that needs to be added when taking your number into account. That's why he is fine when he hits 1472 as a test. Please look it up so you have an understanding.
I believe that header depends on what internet technology you're using and how you authenticate with your ISP. Eg, PPPoE would use a different header size than PPPoA. Sometimes you can use both and gain performance by switching from PPPoE to PPPoA on your router/modem settings.
Mine was set at 1500 but when I performed the test, it showed it worked at 1420. When I re-configured as you described, it made a huge improvement in my speeds. Thank you!
I'm surprised and pleased. Unlike most of these videos, this technique actually worked for me. I changed the MTU from 1500 to 1470 and nearly doubled the speed.
@@quatra1000 He "half lied". Probably he was getting half of the bandwith he was supposed to have but then after this video, the bandwith doubled getting close to the paid plan.
Why bother? ATT Arris routers MTU are set to 1500. Rural - 6mbps download 600kbps upload - that's all you get for 50 bucks a month. Ping google is 35 ms constant. You can't get more if more ain't there.
yeah mine is sad, at 1500 i had 7.4 download and 0.92 upload. At 1492 i have download of 11.13 and ups of 1.44. 1492 is my max with following the directions. I dont know if it is my provider or my modem/router is old and needs to be replaced. but wow..........how balls.
Interesting - mine was set at 1500, but when I followed instructions and decreased to 1480 (ping at 1452+28), the download speed increased by 23% and upload speed increased 5%. Thanks for another great tutorial!
For people who are complaining their system already at 1500 MTU, well it maybe but you have to do the ping test and figure out if your internet/router also supports this packet size after doing the test I had to lower my value to get optimum results.
thanks Sam - I seriously gave up trying to explain this a million times to all the people who say but my default is 1500. The default on the wifi router is to also automatically select WiFi channels and that also sucks so....😜
@@LironSegev My default was also 1500 MTU but my ping test showed defragmented till I reached 1462 where packet loss became zero so I set 1490 for my Ethernet. Thanks for the comment love and reply 😊
@@SamKhan-kd2kv When I set the optimal MTU (1478 in my case) it goes back to the standard one which was 1492. Even if it says that the changes have been saved. Any idea? :\
@@FilippoCardoni Have you also checked your router settings? and it maybe possible theae settings getting triggered from somewhere else too like from network adopter settings/properties under windows control panel.
This is awesome, thank you. MTU was set at 1500 but was obviously too high. Following your tutorial, I actually needed to drop it to 1460. It's now running about 50% faster -- from 25Mbps to 38Mbps (rural Australia mobile broadband).
@@Liam-iu8ti lol yourself. 25 x 50% = 12.5 so 25 + 12.5 = 37.5 (rounded to 38). It is indeed running 50% faster. BTW I'm an accountant and work with percentages every day.
@@VickiT158 50% is Half so 50% of 25mbps is 12.5 + 25 = 37.5, rounded for simplicity is 38 :) What is Liam on about ? lol,... I'm a Butcher & get it lol
@@davidyummus6259 Thanks. Yes, I don't think Liam thought it through. As a butcher, I imagine you use percentages on a regular basis for marking up and discounting. 🙂
Thank you for this tip. My upload speed more than doubled from 3.9 MBS to 8.3 MBS and that's on a heavily loaded network. I greatly appreciate this tip. Now that I am working from home and dependent on the internet this will help me tremendously.
you are the FIRST video out of hundreds, that has mentioned this. thank you!! im praying this will fix my issues. ill be testing soon as home in 4 hours. im praying because ive tried everything!!!!!
VERY NICE. I had a starting MTU of 972, managed to get that to the base of 1500, ( ISP had throttled the speeds in our neighborhood ) so from a start of 972 MTU and download speed of 12 Mbps / upload of 1.12 Mbps to a new 1500 MTU and a new stable download speed of 62.2 Mbps upload / Upload of 17.7 Mbps :)
Great video, it really works. I was getting around 460 mbps download, 27.9 mbps upload and ping 29 before. After applying the mtu settings now I am getting 519.2 mbps download 42.7 mbps upload and ping 28.❤❤❤❤
My first thought when viewing was that this would be a recipe for disaster. Well, even for a non-techy like me, pausing the video at each step and doing exactly what i was told, was actually straightforward and very effective.... apart from the fact my PC doesn't like the new mtu parameter.
What were your settings before? Mines were already spot on and i have this setup since 9 years.... Maybe it happens on cheap\older routers? I have a linksys ea4500
I’m pretty sure 1500 is generally the default setting out of the box. For myself and the others in comments here that are slaves to rural ISP speeds of around 1mbps this isn’t going to do anything for you.
Again, another great tutorial here. How you simplify this stuff and yet give it a decent explanation is what sets you apart from a lot of TH-camr's out here doing these.
@something I get that but think about who may watch these videos? People who probably do not have much understanding on how these things work. A little expo isnt bad as long the entire video isn't a lesson in expo. I feel like Liron does a great job of that. Talks to us like people but with the understanding most may not get it and requires a little simple talk during the process, but I get it. Some want just the steps and no banter. This channel, it really works. At least that is my opinion of it.
I thought you did a great job of explaining this and showing, very clearly, each step. Great job. In my case, this didn't help, however, since my router MTUs were already set at the maximum. I just wanted to let you know I appreciated the clarity of your instructions. Thanks
@@jukkininth4837 yes the computer is setting the size to be sent to the router so the router doesn't change the size unless the router is set lower than the computer. Which would cause the router to limit the data speed.
Thanks for this video. My speed did not improve dramatically due to router restrictions by the Airbnb landlady but I can see videos better now under equal bad circumstances, which proves that changing MTU did have some beneficial effect.
Wow, thank you Liron! I was able to change at my modem when I found out the number to set the MTU for my computer was. A remarkable difference it made and may I say that right now it is a Saturday night with heavy traffic time, 09:30pm. Thanks so much!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I can't even tell you how frustrating this internet situation has been. I've been dealing with basically no upload speed and now I am actually clocking my speed at what I've been paying for. I literally dealt with spectrum the other day and they gave me the whole "Turn it off and on again" spiel. I knew I should have went to youtube first lol
I tried this on my yachts satellite internet and communication's system's, internet's horrible out at sea and it worked. The crew is happy about this as well, it was hard for them to sometimes get work done on the ship. FYI internet out at sea cost about 1,100,000 year so this saves me money as well thanks.
*subtle (Sorry, my OCD wouldn't allow me to go on with the rest of MY life knowing that I let you continue on with the rest of yours, knowing that you'd likely be continuing to correctly use a small word which describes such an important social concept without knowing how to correctly spell the word... Although my comment might be misconstrued as one that was meant to be condescending or antagonistic, rest assured that this is merely a text-related phenomena arising from one of the most glaring inherent shortcomings of communicating without the benefit of vocal inflection. The point of my comment is that when others see a word like "subtle" USED correctly, many may mistakenly assume that the spelling is, likewise, correct as well... Imagine being the unlucky person who carries this incorrect spelling with them, continuing to flash it here and there when emailing or texting customers, employees or (knock on wood) potential employers, all the while confidently thinking that you're showcasing your mastery of the written word (which can often be even more important than your public speaking ability), only to instead unintentionally leave your intended audience with evidence that you might be under-educated (and therefore under-qualified or unprofessional), and that the only one who can't see this is YOU... I don't want that for you.... not for ANY of you.... however, as I suppose there are exceptions to every rule, I'm sure the same will inevitably apply here, as well... PS: I've included the last statement to illustrate an example of what it might look like if I WERE trying to sound condescending or antagonistic..... but only for the sake of contrast, of course...!! 😉 )
PSS: I'm aware that my comment has an unnecessary extra comma or two, and at least one instance of a [borderline] run-on sentence; however, these types of editing mistakes are much more commonplace -- and therefore, more easily overlooked -- than failing so epically to correctly spell a six-letter-word with a $10 price tag. (Again -- for contrast's sake... 😘)
PSSS: Regrettably, my OCD-inspired rant somehow evolved into a not-so-subtle flex. Fortunately, though, it was only a virtual flex (which, let's be honest; technically, I'm pretty sure that this means that - in reality - it never really happened in the first place... and thus, no regrets)...!!
PSSSS: Did you know that you can literally just keep adding an additional "S" to begin and denote each new postscript, and it's technically still compliant with correct writing practices [of informal letters]...? Okay, I'm done amusing myself... for now, I mean... Drop a 👍if you found any of this funny or helpful in some way. (Doing so won't impact my decision whether to share my thoughts with all of you in the future or not, but at least I'll know that some of you read this -- which is all that matters to me in the current situation... lol)
i will be honest i didnt think this would work and after i ran my speedtest and saw the same speeds i figured it didnt but when i started a download on steam, oh boy did it work, my downloads went from 6 Mbps average to 52 Mbps, the difference is actually insane, thank you so much man!
I did it and my download was 4mbps slower (52 down to 48) and upload 10Mbps slower (94 down to 84). Yes my upload is way higher than my download 🤷🏻♂️. I changed it back to the pre-set setting and it was back to higher rates. Didn’t work for me, but your instructions were easy to follow 👍🏻.
@@SwartzyyFitness This channel keeps deleteing the full instructions I posted so Google the following and find out how to use it: netsh interface ipv4 set subinterface Local Area Connection mtu=1500 store=persistent
Thank you I’m going to try that. I won’t get anywhere near those speeds here in Australia, the possum running on the wheel doesn’t run fast enough! Cheers😊
Thank you very much, definitely will have it a try tomorrow. As I got problem with the lag issue, hope this can improve the lag issue. Appreciate your sharing.
@ByteScout71 it doesn't matter as you don't have th same equipment or use the same service provider or live in the same city. So what works or doesn't is going to be different for everyone
I used to have to mess with setting like this, but after a new router, that WASNT from my service provider I never had to worry about my speeds again. But do be aware, there are a lot more contributing factors that go into your internet speed. It’s not all just settings you can mess with.
Started glazing over at 3 minutes. Got scared that I would brick my computer if i tried any of this on my own, so I started watching some cat videos on TH-cam.
At first I thought: "Yet another double your internet speed with this simple trick" but this is actually a thing especially if you find one device like a phone or laptop in your house that no matter how close you get to the router the internet speed is always crap. Also, like someone else said as well, I think MTU of 1500 is default but in some cases you actually need to set it a smidge lower. My office router was already set to the right MTU but I think it's because it's the original one installed by the internet company so this is probably a good thing to check if you replace your router with a different one
yep, set my computer from 1500 down to 1491. I'm now squeezing every drop out of my paid internet subscription. Now to search if this works on Android Devices.
Thank you Liron Segev. I found my spot at 1480 and my speed tests at three different websites all went up an average of 5% which isn't huge but fine with me (better than in the other direction) - and fun too! Great video.
Thanks for the information, I am a hardware tech and have spoken with so many software “experts” on this issue and told nothing can be done. Well you should my smile! Most appreciated, you made my day!
@@turtlewolf34 Doesn't always work, I have really expensive tech routers and tried many different providers but I live in a really small town in the middle of the woods, my all time best was 20MB/s with an asus GT-AX11000 (with ethernet) and don't even get me started on pocket wifi
I think it might be useful to highlight that this trick is mostly applicable for people who are receiving lower speeds than what they pay for (Which Liron did briefly mention). It is more like this is helping you compensate for a poor connection rather than trying to trick your ISP in some way.
@@wolfhors3_660 I'd set the router to the higher value, and configure the slower PC individually. Though with that said, if it is ethernet, try just swapping out the cable/s between that PC and the modem, as one of them is probably damaged. If you are using wifi and have a bit of luck, it may only require a slight re-positioning/orienting of the wifi antenna(If you have one) to get a stronger signal. Wifi analyser apps are handy for finding wifi dead spots in your house, but generally don't work well on iPhone.
I am in disbelief of how simple you made this somewhat complex solution. I have a learning disability with ADHD and I understood it because of your remarkable analogy. THANK YOU so much. One question, what if I use a mac computer? I subscribed instantly and will look at your other videos.
Mr. Liron, I happen to stumble upon your video and found it very useful in rectifying the core problem I had with my internet. You have made a wonderful and a quint essential video.. I immediately subscribed to your channel .. Thank you very much for this video.. Looking forward to more such useful videos...
Got all excited about this, went through your steps, came out with exactly the same numbers, goes to check, aaaaand it's already all set at 1500... Oh well, no boostage for me
i didn't want to set it via router because my computer isn't the only one connecting to the internet here, but thanks, this is very informative. Although there was no change in my internet speed, this was still fun to follow along to :)
For anyone getting the "Element not found" response I had the same issue and decided to input the checking command netsh interface ipv4 show subinterfaces and instead of mine saying Ethernet it said Ethernet 2 so I tried that and it worked with the full command being netsh int ipv4 set subinterface “Ethernet 2” mtu=1492 store=persistent
Well it made a slight improvement 15.7Mbps went up to 15.9, but uploads went down from 0.83Mpbs to 0.87. I'm sure this will help many, but some of us are still stuck in the stone age with bad service carriers. Thanks anyway for the scoop!
@@pmessinger if on dsl the other poster may have line speed restricted by a cap on the sync speed in which case changing MTU ( Maximum Transmission Unit) size will do little if he is already hitting his service ceiling, or by a noisy line . The video over simplifies the issue, and ignores 2 other operating systems in current use
I had to go through the comments and oh man of man. for those who are the telecommunication industry or networking would know that this doesn't fix Jack. 1. in order for the network not to be overloaded each customer is give a rate limit. you buy a 10Mbps down and 10mbps up that's all you will get. your speeds will always be that or lower, another factor is the product type. normally we two types a Broadband or Direct Internet Access {DIA} these services have what we call contention ratio with DIA it 1:1 meaning your speeds should always be 10 down and 10 up. for broadband different companies set it at different ratio's but the most common is 1:25. what also count is the medium of your connection wireless (including 5G and Wifi, copper and fiber have different factors that affect speeds. doing a speed test over WIFI will yield different results than when you are connected via a LAN cable. when you ISP has locked your line to a certain speed nor matter what you do how you do it it wont change.
I have tried these settings/changes as you mentioned & I must say, that even though my upload & download speeds have not improved by much, my ping levels have dropped 👀 And because of that, I am now getting better & more stable connections 😎
On macOS the parameters for the pig command are different (typical!). You'd use ping -D -s where -D sets the don't defragment bit and -s specifies the packet size. These parameters are case sensitive.
I can imagine his death bed now: "Draw closer boy, I'm gonna tell you one of 2 secrets, you can either know where I buried Chalkies Gold or I'll tell you how to make your internet faster" "WHAT???? You want the fast internet???"
What a great viceo - my settings are exactly the same as yours - sadly my router was already set correctly so no freebie improvement, but I feel your joy anyway!
Nice, made my ping in a game I play a lot go from a terrible high ping of 150+ms to 28 ms and in my speedofme test it was a lot more consistent. thanks for the video!
@@AndrewBrowner I think what its doing is for some people a higher packet size (lets say 1500) leads to loss of packets. Where as if you lower it and don't lose any packet, it leads to a more consistent ping in general.
Thanks, it works. FYI U still need to optimize it even if by default It's already 1500, watch the video again and try to find the right number for your system. i tried few times and got it boost up from 75mbps to 99mbps. (im using 100mbps max) My optimized number is 1492 ( 1464 + 28) p/s try to type the correct parameter in cmd i/e: "Wi-Fi" for the video, for me "Wireless Network Connection" . Again, Thanks For the Video.
It IS only 1 setting he changed. He didn’t say how long it would take to change the setting. It could have taken an hour to change it, but only 1 setting was actually changed. Don’t see merit to your point or others who agree with you.
awww since when did time = number of steps. You can change your car's tire in 4 steps, but it takes 30 minutes. See? this is why there should be some kind of test before allowing any moron to post
Can THIS really make your WiFi Speed Faster? th-cam.com/video/M8OXTyWs_zY/w-d-xo.html 🤔
no it didnt work
i hope it works for every speed
My MTU was already set at 1500
@@LogoMan7777 that doesn't mean it's the best for you
@@LironSegev I followed your directions and came up with 1472. Add 28, that's 1500
i like how everyone is complaining about 20mbp internet speed, while my highest possible is 200kbp...
Dang homie I feel bad for ya.
Bro i get 12.5kbs average
still better than dial up (56kbps or less)
Lol
Today I got the highest score that was 11 and 11
For those that don't know, there is a header of 28 (two separate of 20 and 8) that needs to be added when taking your number into account. That's why he is fine when he hits 1472 as a test. Please look it up so you have an understanding.
I believe that header depends on what internet technology you're using and how you authenticate with your ISP. Eg, PPPoE would use a different header size than PPPoA. Sometimes you can use both and gain performance by switching from PPPoE to PPPoA on your router/modem settings.
Mine was set at 1500 but when I performed the test, it showed it worked at 1420. When I re-configured as you described, it made a huge improvement in my speeds. Thank you!
Can we do this on macbook?
bro how ? mine was 1500 too and then i changed it to 1419 and it is the same bro...
I did the same thing, no change. Command prompt said "ok" but speeds are still exactly the same, slightly lower
my numbers are the same as yours, but changing slowed me down by 20mbs
Mine was actually already set at 1500. I ran it a few times and got some packet loss, so I settled for 1499. It seemed more stable.
I'm surprised and pleased. Unlike most of these videos, this technique actually worked for me. I changed the MTU from 1500 to 1470 and nearly doubled the speed.
Of course he's lying. He doesn't say what speed he's paying for.
@@quatra1000 He "half lied". Probably he was getting half of the bandwith he was supposed to have but then after this video, the bandwith doubled getting close to the paid plan.
man i can only watch youtube because tiktok be laggy 😂
Why bother? ATT Arris routers MTU are set to 1500. Rural - 6mbps download 600kbps upload - that's all you get for 50 bucks a month. Ping google is 35 ms constant. You can't get more if more ain't there.
@@quatra1000 he did say he was on a 450mbps line around 2:30 into the video… unless you’re talking about something else
Love how you break it down for people who don’t understand what and why.
that moment when everything is already at the correct MTU and you realize how bad your internet actually is...
Rip
I have 2mbps internet. I feel like the only one on this planet with that speed 😐
@@DeepThinker193 no mine is 0.51 mbps
@@alizaichannel I somehow got 0.35 mbps but I think this is going to be the only time I get that low
yeah mine is sad, at 1500 i had 7.4 download and 0.92 upload. At 1492 i have download of 11.13 and ups of 1.44. 1492 is my max with following the directions. I dont know if it is my provider or my modem/router is old and needs to be replaced. but wow..........how balls.
Interesting - mine was set at 1500, but when I followed instructions and decreased to 1480 (ping at 1452+28), the download speed increased by 23% and upload speed increased 5%. Thanks for another great tutorial!
If you set it too high the packets will be split up and thus you'll be sending more data than you need to - thus why your speed is worse.
@@xdevs23 he said it increased the speed?
@@bemzefat3385 Yes, I said "is", I meant to say "was". 1500 > 1480, so it might have been split up, that's why it was slower.
Okay I didn't think this would work but it nearly doubled my download and upload speed respectively. thanks for the simple video
For people who are complaining their system already at 1500 MTU, well it maybe but you have to do the ping test and figure out if your internet/router also supports this packet size after doing the test I had to lower my value to get optimum results.
thanks Sam - I seriously gave up trying to explain this a million times to all the people who say but my default is 1500.
The default on the wifi router is to also automatically select WiFi channels and that also sucks so....😜
@@LironSegev My default was also 1500 MTU but my ping test showed defragmented till I reached 1462 where packet loss became zero so I set 1490 for my Ethernet. Thanks for the comment love and reply 😊
Just curious, where does the 28 value come from?
@@SamKhan-kd2kv When I set the optimal MTU (1478 in my case) it goes back to the standard one which was 1492. Even if it says that the changes have been saved. Any idea? :\
@@FilippoCardoni Have you also checked your router settings? and it maybe possible theae settings getting triggered from somewhere else too like from network adopter settings/properties under windows control panel.
This is awesome, thank you. MTU was set at 1500 but was obviously too high. Following your tutorial, I actually needed to drop it to 1460. It's now running about 50% faster -- from 25Mbps to 38Mbps (rural Australia mobile broadband).
@@Liam-iu8ti lol yourself. 25 x 50% = 12.5 so 25 + 12.5 = 37.5 (rounded to 38). It is indeed running 50% faster. BTW I'm an accountant and work with percentages every day.
@@VickiT158
50% is Half so 50% of 25mbps is 12.5 + 25 = 37.5, rounded for simplicity is 38 :)
What is Liam on about ? lol,... I'm a Butcher & get it lol
@@davidyummus6259 Thanks. Yes, I don't think Liam thought it through. As a butcher, I imagine you use percentages on a regular basis for marking up and discounting. 🙂
@@Liam-iu8ti yes, it is.
dude im the same, 50% aswell this is amazing. im with optus, you?
Thank you for this tip. My upload speed more than doubled from 3.9 MBS to 8.3 MBS and that's on a heavily loaded network. I greatly appreciate this tip. Now that I am working from home and dependent on the internet this will help me tremendously.
Awesomeness!
@@LironSegev same mine went from 10.7 to 24.14
Nice!!!
you are the FIRST video out of hundreds, that has mentioned this. thank you!! im praying this will fix my issues. ill be testing soon as home in 4 hours. im praying because ive tried everything!!!!!
Did it work for wifi?
@@TMNT_Mikey naa he still praying 😏
@@yhussain733 bro out of all the emojis 🍆🍆
@@yhussain733 hahaha
Legit @@yhussain733
My speed went from 199.6\38.4 to 261.7\40.4.
That was awesome, thank you!
199. Ur Internet connection is fast mine is 2 😂
@@louayx mine is like 14
@@louayx mine is 950
@@louayx Mine is 0.2 mbps 💀
@@louayx same
VERY NICE. I had a starting MTU of 972, managed to get that to the base of 1500, ( ISP had throttled the speeds in our neighborhood ) so from a start of 972 MTU and download speed of 12 Mbps / upload of 1.12 Mbps to a new 1500 MTU and a new stable download speed of 62.2 Mbps upload / Upload of 17.7 Mbps :)
Great video. I haven't looked at or tested the MTU for years. Now I know what to do again. Thanks for the tip. I'm a subscriber now.
Appreciate you being here 🔥
Great video, it really works.
I was getting around 460 mbps download, 27.9 mbps upload and ping 29 before.
After applying the mtu settings now I am getting 519.2 mbps download 42.7 mbps upload and ping 28.❤❤❤❤
Bro my internet speed is max 8 mbps that's what we have been told but it never exceeded 2mbps now it's 465 kbps
@@jesserbenyoussef4559this is because there is lots of background progresses
@@jesserbenyoussef4559 real .😔😔
your router is enchanted
this guys definition of "super simple" is a lot different than mine
My first thought when viewing was that this would be a recipe for disaster.
Well, even for a non-techy like me, pausing the video at each step and doing exactly what i was told, was actually straightforward and very effective.... apart from the fact my PC doesn't like the new mtu parameter.
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Works, this may be literally the best video on the internet. Went from 53mbps to 253mbps
appreciate you being here!
My mtu was already srt on 1500 but Im still having only 10 mbps/s ;((
What were your settings before? Mines were already spot on and i have this setup since 9 years.... Maybe it happens on cheap\older routers? I have a linksys ea4500
What is your speed plan?
Ur first speed test is 20× better than my normal wifi
@Diesel Miller exactly XD
this statement hits so close to home it actually hurts
yeah, mine is 2.30 mps at it's best
Krogers
@@ifkagljifka faster than mine, mine is 1.30 mbps at its best
i followed your video and got a huge boost dropping my mtu from 1500 to 1480 thanks, a very noticeable improvement.
I got about a 5% download speed increase and 10% upload speed increase, not as much as I expected but still very welcome! Thank you :)
That feel when your MTU was already at 1500...
Same lol
I’m pretty sure 1500 is generally the default setting out of the box. For myself and the others in comments here that are slaves to rural ISP speeds of around 1mbps this isn’t going to do anything for you.
hahah
Yeah, that was really disappointing, lol.
Mine is already 1500 so is that it, we cant get it any better?
Again, another great tutorial here. How you simplify this stuff and yet give it a decent explanation is what sets you apart from a lot of TH-camr's out here doing these.
yeah, my router was luckly already had these settings done
@something I get that but think about who may watch these videos? People who probably do not have much understanding on how these things work. A little expo isnt bad as long the entire video isn't a lesson in expo. I feel like Liron does a great job of that. Talks to us like people but with the understanding most may not get it and requires a little simple talk during the process, but I get it. Some want just the steps and no banter. This channel, it really works. At least that is my opinion of it.
@dog64 context man. his videos are aimed at the average joe. he has to starts things slow with an analogy.
for anyone that is wondering, it DOES work. It more then doubled my download speed. Just incredible
mine was already set to the right MTU. Feel like this guy set his lower to make the vid.
Same. 🤔
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I thought you did a great job of explaining this and showing, very clearly, each step. Great job. In my case, this didn't help, however, since my router MTUs were already set at the maximum. I just wanted to let you know I appreciated the clarity of your instructions. Thanks
And I appreciate you hanging out here 👍
if u set at computer-level wouldnt it follow the computer setting first?
@@jukkininth4837 yes the computer is setting the size to be sent to the router so the router doesn't change the size unless the router is set lower than the computer. Which would cause the router to limit the data speed.
Great video, at the 3:30 mark begins the awesome explanation.
thanks
Thanks
Thanks for this video. My speed did not improve dramatically due to router restrictions by the Airbnb landlady but I can see videos better now under equal bad circumstances, which proves that changing MTU did have some beneficial effect.
Wow, thank you Liron! I was able to change at my modem when I found out the number to set the MTU for my computer was. A remarkable difference it made and may I say that right now it is a Saturday night with heavy traffic time, 09:30pm. Thanks so much!
This is amazing I went from 190mbps up to 330 mbps when I changed 1500 to 1457. Thank you!
wut
If I WAS GETTING 159mbps I would be delighted 😃
I barely get 1000Kbps....
i get f 30😀
i barely get 8950mbps
@@billgatesc1072 shut up bro then this video isn’t for you why you here
I get 25 mbps speed
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I can't even tell you how frustrating this internet situation has been. I've been dealing with basically no upload speed and now I am actually clocking my speed at what I've been paying for. I literally dealt with spectrum the other day and they gave me the whole "Turn it off and on again" spiel. I knew I should have went to youtube first lol
I tried this on my yachts satellite internet and communication's system's, internet's horrible out at sea and it worked.
The crew is happy about this as well, it was hard for them to sometimes get work done on the ship.
FYI internet out at sea cost about 1,100,000 year so this saves me money as well thanks.
*subtle
(Sorry, my OCD wouldn't allow me to go on with the rest of MY life knowing that I let you continue on with the rest of yours, knowing that you'd likely be continuing to correctly use a small word which describes such an important social concept without knowing how to correctly spell the word... Although my comment might be misconstrued as one that was meant to be condescending or antagonistic, rest assured that this is merely a text-related phenomena arising from one of the most glaring inherent shortcomings of communicating without the benefit of vocal inflection.
The point of my comment is that when others see a word like "subtle" USED correctly, many may mistakenly assume that the spelling is, likewise, correct as well...
Imagine being the unlucky person who carries this incorrect spelling with them, continuing to flash it here and there when emailing or texting customers, employees or (knock on wood) potential employers, all the while confidently thinking that you're showcasing your mastery of the written word (which can often be even more important than your public speaking ability), only to instead unintentionally leave your intended audience with evidence that you might be under-educated (and therefore under-qualified or unprofessional), and that the only one who can't see this is YOU...
I don't want that for you.... not for ANY of you.... however, as I suppose there are exceptions to every rule, I'm sure the same will inevitably apply here, as well...
PS: I've included the last statement to illustrate an example of what it might look like if I WERE trying to sound condescending or antagonistic..... but only for the sake of contrast, of course...!! 😉 )
PSS: I'm aware that my comment has an unnecessary extra comma or two, and at least one instance of a [borderline] run-on sentence; however, these types of editing mistakes are much more commonplace -- and therefore, more easily overlooked -- than failing so epically to correctly spell a six-letter-word with a $10 price tag.
(Again -- for contrast's sake... 😘)
PSSS: Regrettably, my OCD-inspired rant somehow evolved into a not-so-subtle flex. Fortunately, though, it was only a virtual flex (which, let's be honest; technically, I'm pretty sure that this means that - in reality - it never really happened in the first place... and thus, no regrets)...!!
PSSSS: Did you know that you can literally just keep adding an additional "S" to begin and denote each new postscript, and it's technically still compliant with correct writing practices [of informal letters]...?
Okay, I'm done amusing myself... for now, I mean...
Drop a 👍if you found any of this funny or helpful in some way.
(Doing so won't impact my decision whether to share my thoughts with all of you in the future or not, but at least I'll know that some of you read this -- which is all that matters to me in the current situation... lol)
i will be honest i didnt think this would work and after i ran my speedtest and saw the same speeds i figured it didnt but when i started a download on steam, oh boy did it work, my downloads went from 6 Mbps average to 52 Mbps, the difference is actually insane, thank you so much man!
I did it and my download was 4mbps slower (52 down to 48) and upload 10Mbps slower (94 down to 84).
Yes my upload is way higher than my download 🤷🏻♂️.
I changed it back to the pre-set setting and it was back to higher rates.
Didn’t work for me, but your instructions were easy to follow 👍🏻.
Same, mine slowed by about 10%
@@felixyoghurt3291 how do you reset them to the preset?
@@SwartzyyFitness This channel keeps deleteing the full instructions I posted so Google the following and find out how to use it:
netsh interface ipv4 set subinterface Local Area Connection mtu=1500 store=persistent
@@SwartzyyFitness I need to know too. Did u figure it out?
@@moisespenguin9937 Just enter the original value that was there before you changed it.
It worked for me also. And my internet speed fastened twice. Thank you so much for the tutorial.
Thank you I’m going to try that. I won’t get anywhere near those speeds here in Australia, the possum running on the wheel doesn’t run fast enough!
Cheers😊
You could try a Kiwi possum - ours run faster!!
Cheers Mate, 🇳🇿🎯☺️😍
@@brianshears8230 that's because your possums are not protected 😊
@Pablo Serazio I think you might be on to something there! 👍😀
In Australia you're lucky to get 450Kbps. 450Mbps?? Not this century mate as long as The Liberals stay in government.
Any updates?
Bro I went from 20mb up to 45. Subbed much love mate.
@razor bro when u live in a town of 1000 u get what u can get.
@razor spoiled rich kid
This guy wanting to boost from 100mbps:
Me: cries in 8 mbps with DSL wiring
8 mbps i get 2
Does this work with dsl? You speak too fast, i cant get it, lost in the weeds
@@joef.wilson2720 i don’t know for sure I didn’t try.
sry to hear you have dsl i had it once i know your pain. only fix for dsl guys is to move closer to your hub sry.
@@Batx00091 im just waiting for starlink internet to be available in my area
Thank you very much, definitely will have it a try tomorrow. As I got problem with the lag issue, hope this can improve the lag issue. Appreciate your sharing.
Why didn't you tell if it works?
@ByteScout71 it doesn't matter as you don't have th same equipment or use the same service provider or live in the same city. So what works or doesn't is going to be different for everyone
It guy: “it’s very simple”
Also IT guy: *pulls up screen from the matrix
You mean command prompt?
I take it you were born after 1990?
@@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself nope just making a joke bro. Don’t get so offended
@@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself aieaieaie
@@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself bruh its just a joke
@@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself id actually say younger people are better at tech as they could easily learn it. I did that anyway
Didn't actually thought it would work but it did, thank you so much for this tutorial !
I used to have to mess with setting like this, but after a new router, that WASNT from my service provider I never had to worry about my speeds again. But do be aware, there are a lot more contributing factors that go into your internet speed. It’s not all just settings you can mess with.
like what???
@@worshipwhilewewait like the server you ultimately connect to, or wifi channels used if you're on wifi, to name just two
This was so helpful for me! I have no idea why but EVERYTHING from the max data to the IP adress was the same for me. I realy loved this tutorial!
I jumped from 160 mbps download to 285, and from 14 upload to 28! Thanks man
I have 11mbps
I like how technical ideas are explained using simple examples.
It takes a smart man to simplify complex things and a dumb man to complicate simple things
This did increase my internet speed, Upload speed 14.6 up to 16.16 and download speed from 156mbps to 202mbps. Thanks man.
Be grateful! I still remember the 56k dialup back in the days.
Kids these days wont know the struggle of someone picking up the phone while connected.
2400 baud modems....after finally connecting took forever to get anything from a BBS...
Started glazing over at 3 minutes. Got scared that I would brick my computer if i tried any of this on my own, so I started watching some cat videos on TH-cam.
broke my pc before with something like this lol
@@tcc8499 and this is why I use carrier pigeons still
LOLOLOL...
Cat videos!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️👌👌👌👌💯
@@r9759954r *PIDGEAN CHOKING OK A BRICK!!!!*
At first I thought: "Yet another double your internet speed with this simple trick" but this is actually a thing especially if you find one device like a phone or laptop in your house that no matter how close you get to the router the internet speed is always crap. Also, like someone else said as well, I think MTU of 1500 is default but in some cases you actually need to set it a smidge lower. My office router was already set to the right MTU but I think it's because it's the original one installed by the internet company so this is probably a good thing to check if you replace your router with a different one
yep, set my computer from 1500 down to 1491. I'm now squeezing every drop out of my paid internet subscription. Now to search if this works on Android Devices.
Aw, I was already running at my max rates.. Oh well, at least I learned how to check it!
same DX
Thank you Liron Segev. I found my spot at 1480 and my speed tests at three different websites all went up an average of 5% which isn't huge but fine with me (better than in the other direction) - and fun too! Great video.
Man, your examples are incredible. So easy to understand. Thank you!
@@jamieflowers1493 could you reword your question? I dont think I fully understand.
Worked for me! I was at about 85 Mbps now at 115. Great video very helpful and straightforward! Keep up the great work!
did u say 85 mbps?
bro im here for 58 kbps💀
@@pr1ncevon yea but the main thing I wanted to combat was packet loss and that has been better too
Ohh
dang thats a huge change mine went from 70 to 75 mbps
Had to reduce my MTU from 1500 to 1452,
my speed went from 52Mbps to 53.
I'll take it.
Thanks for breaking it down for me I went from 130 mbps to 230 mbps
Glad it helped
WOW! Thank you for this! My speed went from 153-156mbps to 172!! That's awesome thank you sir!
Made mine from 400Mbps to 550+ almost 600. Thanks so much!!
Glad it helped!
Thanks for the information, I am a hardware tech and have spoken with so many software “experts” on this issue and told nothing can be done. Well you should my smile! Most appreciated, you made my day!
Thanks so much mate, mine was 1500 and then i reduced to 1210 and it increased from 35mmps to 40 - slow for you but awesome for me
legend
cheers
Rob
Much appreciated, this made my Mbps about 25% faster on each pc I applied it to. My MTU was set to 1500 but I had to take it down to 1492. Thanks!
Epic 🎉 thanks for hanging out here 👍
what was the speed?
Same but didn't get much improvement though as a little bit better than trash is still trash
@@LironSegevmy thing isnt working
I set my MTU from 1500 to 1464 and it helped alot :) Thank you i went from downloading 3 files at 2mb, 0.9mb, 0.9mb to 2.6mb, 1.8mb, 1.7mb
im sorry but youre gonna need to change isp
@@turtlewolf34 isp?
@@turtlewolf34 Doesn't always work, I have really expensive tech routers and tried many different providers but I live in a really small town in the middle of the woods, my all time best was 20MB/s with an asus GT-AX11000 (with ethernet) and don't even get me started on pocket wifi
@@cckiller4378 oh, I suggested. That because it went from 1mbps to 400mbps got just $10 more
I think it might be useful to highlight that this trick is mostly applicable for people who are receiving lower speeds than what they pay for (Which Liron did briefly mention). It is more like this is helping you compensate for a poor connection rather than trying to trick your ISP in some way.
@@wolfhors3_660 I'd set the router to the higher value, and configure the slower PC individually. Though with that said, if it is ethernet, try just swapping out the cable/s between that PC and the modem, as one of them is probably damaged. If you are using wifi and have a bit of luck, it may only require a slight re-positioning/orienting of the wifi antenna(If you have one) to get a stronger signal. Wifi analyser apps are handy for finding wifi dead spots in your house, but generally don't work well on iPhone.
That would be everybody. The advertised internet speeds you pay for are never what you actually get.
I am in disbelief of how simple you made this somewhat complex solution. I have a learning disability with ADHD and I understood it because of your remarkable analogy. THANK YOU so much. One question, what if I use a mac computer? I subscribed instantly and will look at your other videos.
Mr. Liron, I happen to stumble upon your video and found it very useful in rectifying the core problem I had with my internet. You have made a wonderful and a quint essential video.. I immediately subscribed to your channel .. Thank you very much for this video.. Looking forward to more such useful videos...
Glad it helped and thank you for being here!
Awesome...I clicked like and the tally changed from 5.9K to 6K. Totally unimportant but still felt guud.
Baby step 😂 looks like your system was already optimized!
Oh and appreciate the support!
Glad I’m not the only person who notices things like that.
your internet speeds make me want to get out and push...
thanks man this drastically changed my speeds appreciate it.
Got all excited about this, went through your steps, came out with exactly the same numbers, goes to check, aaaaand it's already all set at 1500... Oh well, no boostage for me
my speed was relatively unstable before but now i reach well over 100% of the values i reached before. thank you , great tips
You look like a friendly neighborhood uncle that makes every IT stuff better at the grandma's house
Man your a genius this fixed my speed instantly now I'm back to 950mbs upload and download been having so man issues now its fixed
epic!
My mom always told me to take many trips instead of trying to carry it all at once 😆
😂
So did mine but I pride myself in doing it in the fewest trips possible...
My Mom always told me: "Never steal more than you can carry !!"
i didn't want to set it via router because my computer isn't the only one connecting to the internet here, but thanks, this is very informative. Although there was no change in my internet speed, this was still fun to follow along to :)
Did your latency change?
For anyone getting the "Element not found" response I had the same issue and decided to input the checking command netsh interface ipv4 show subinterfaces and instead of mine saying Ethernet it said Ethernet 2 so I tried that and it worked with the full command being netsh int ipv4 set subinterface “Ethernet 2” mtu=1492 store=persistent
Amazing, this worked! Thanks a lot
This helped me. Mine was called "Local Area Connection 3".
YES!
you are the G.O.A.T. man!! thanks!!
Well it made a slight improvement 15.7Mbps went up to 15.9, but uploads went down from 0.83Mpbs to 0.87. I'm sure this will help many, but some of us are still stuck in the stone age with bad service carriers. Thanks anyway for the scoop!
Thank god, my waiting has met a end, I have been waiting for a video like this for last 6 months
Did it work for you? Did you see any improvement?
@@BawlzOfuzz yep it has a little increase in speed but not as much as he said
@@haesta7295 Yea I changed my MTU from 1440 to 1500 and I can't see any difference.
@@BawlzOfuzz you missed a step; didn't do the math. Watch the video again.
@@pmessinger if on dsl the other poster may have line speed restricted by a cap on the sync speed in which case changing MTU ( Maximum Transmission Unit) size will do little if he is already hitting his service ceiling, or by a noisy line . The video over simplifies the issue, and ignores 2 other operating systems in current use
I had to go through the comments and oh man of man. for those who are the telecommunication industry or networking would know that this doesn't fix Jack. 1. in order for the network not to be overloaded each customer is give a rate limit. you buy a 10Mbps down and 10mbps up that's all you will get.
your speeds will always be that or lower, another factor is the product type. normally we two types a Broadband or Direct Internet Access {DIA} these services have what we call contention ratio with DIA it 1:1 meaning your speeds should always be 10 down and 10 up. for broadband different companies set it at different ratio's but the most common is 1:25.
what also count is the medium of your connection wireless (including 5G and Wifi, copper and fiber have different factors that affect speeds. doing a speed test over WIFI will yield different results than when you are connected via a LAN cable. when you ISP has locked your line to a certain speed nor matter what you do how you do it it wont change.
my upload was way lower download same..Changed it back
Unbelievable. It more than tripled my speed. I was running 24.1 download speed, and it went to the 90s. That's just crazy.
I have tried these settings/changes as you mentioned & I must say, that even though my upload & download speeds have not improved by much, my ping levels have dropped 👀
And because of that, I am now getting better & more stable connections 😎
Awesome!! I went from 300 Down/300 Up to 300 Down/300 Up. Magic.
Are you sureeee??
So what were you expecting? 1000/1000.....lol
I’ve told you a million times not to exaggerate!
Router was restricting my upload bandwidth, this video helped me a lot ! Thank you
On macOS the parameters for the pig command are different (typical!). You'd use ping -D -s where -D sets the don't defragment bit and -s specifies the packet size. These parameters are case sensitive.
Great content and easy to follow along. Keep up the good work.
Love how you simplify things for us tech dummies
Not really...I have no idea where he got the DOS style screen, nor how to use it.
@@Name-ps9fx uhhh, its literally shown in the video, just pay attention
@@Name-ps9fx did y'all watch the video?
@@ninolloydbandiola5581 Ahh... Free at last...
Mine is already set at 1500 MTU, but thank you for doing this. I watched the whole video, and now I know.
Never seen one lately that isn’t set to 1500 ?.
My uncle taught me this back in 2011 before he died
I can imagine his death bed now:
"Draw closer boy, I'm gonna tell you one of 2 secrets, you can either know where I buried Chalkies Gold or I'll tell you how to make your internet faster"
"WHAT???? You want the fast internet???"
ok
Man you trippin
@@kevinhood9781 for realz he did he was running 100Mb on ps3
@@jonDoe-ml3jq sorry man and sorry about your loss. I ment to direct my coment @ wulfrune not yours.
I tried this and found my MTU size was already optimized at 1500. Thanks anyway; it was an interesting little exercise.
This guy using 150mbs as a slow internet speed at the beginning-
Ik
making my highest 26mbs upload pathetic
My max is 5mbps. Nothing else available. Too many trees for starlink
I am lucky to get speeds above 50mb / s
Yeah thats what US GAMERS NEED to minimize lag. But it’s not available in my area I moved. I can tell a difference
Good video that explained the situation very well. It may not help everyone, but it helps many none the less. So thanks again for the video!
Thanks for the information Liron, helpful as always!
Merry Christmas from Canada! 🇨🇦🎅🏼🎄🇨🇦🎅🏼🎄
What a great viceo - my settings are exactly the same as yours - sadly my router was already set correctly so no freebie improvement, but I feel your joy anyway!
out of all the Wifi speed increase videos this is the only one where i saw a noticeable change. Thank you so much
Nice, made my ping in a game I play a lot go from a terrible high ping of 150+ms to 28 ms and in my speedofme test it was a lot more consistent. thanks for the video!
how would packet size change ping though? doesnt seem to make technical sense
@@AndrewBrowner no idea, but seemed to obviously help.
@@AndrewBrowner I think what its doing is for some people a higher packet size (lets say 1500) leads to loss of packets. Where as if you lower it and don't lose any packet, it leads to a more consistent ping in general.
Thanks, it works. FYI U still need to optimize it even if by default It's already 1500, watch the video again and try to find the right number for your system. i tried few times and got it boost up from 75mbps to 99mbps. (im using 100mbps max) My optimized number is 1492 ( 1464 + 28) p/s try to type the correct parameter in cmd i/e: "Wi-Fi" for the video, for me "Wireless Network Connection" . Again, Thanks For the Video.
it still doesnt work for me
can you please reply with the full command
it says
the syntax of the file name, folder name, or volume name is incorrect
IT ACTULLY WORKED ITS BEEN 3 YEARS IT STILL WORKS
Best place to get a windows 10 pro key?
Piratebay
The official windows website
@@izukumidoriya8477 booo
@@kevinphilips7453 Thank you so much Kevin, Got the key in less then 20$ and its activated perfect! better experience then eBay
At my ship
I honestly didn't know this was a thing!! this is amazing! thanks man once again!
Sure thing! happy to help!
“How to change ONE SETTING!” - takes 8 minutes and 22 seconds... 🤔
It IS only 1 setting he changed.
He didn’t say how long it would take to change the setting. It could have taken an hour to change it, but only 1 setting was actually changed. Don’t see merit to your point or others who agree with you.
Kid, it doesn't say that
awww since when did time = number of steps.
You can change your car's tire in 4 steps, but it takes 30 minutes.
See?
this is why there should be some kind of test before allowing any moron to post
@@boaz63 if you can help people better, set up your own channel!