What MTU would be best for playing online with my xbox one?

I've had issued ever since the MCC came out and i'm beginning to wonder if the MTU is too high. have any of you set your MTU lower than 1500 and had a better connection experience with xbox live?

if you have, let me know what the MTU number was so I can check it for myself

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Why 1364 as minimum for MTU?

Hey Colonel,

I'm not the biggest computer smarty pants but I'll do my best to answer.

The MTU of EThernet is 1500 and PPPoE is 1492. MTU values are really important in the performance of online games to minimize packet loss. Since Xbox LIVE requires a broadband connection, our MTU allows for most home networks with a certain amount of congestion
and latency across the line.

This is my understanding of the situation. If you are tech savvy and my explanation makes you want to tear your hair out, I apologize and would love a post back with some smarter insight of this issue.

 

Machmaking LAG because of MTU? - Network specialist needed? Change in xbox live Matchmaking?

I´m not a networking specialist but I sometimes have bad lag.

I have a cable connection with MTU 1500 (can´t change it)

If you have DSl you have a MTU of 1492 or lower.

I read about PMTU and MTU and read about that PMTU test the way to the host and then change MTU automatically to the max MTU is possible.

But I also read thea many Routers don´t respond to ICMP packets so it could not be detected what the best MTU is.

Now what I think.

My network can´t detect the right MTU and let it be 1500. My Opponent have 1492 or lower.

One of the Router who don´t respond can only have max MTU of 1492. I send a Packet with 1500 and it is fragmented and have to be divided in more packages by the Router. This costs time = lag. The packet of my Opponent ist 1492 and Routes faster through the
Router. On my side there is no Problem too get smaller packets.

Is ist possible that those things create lag on MY side? I ask because I had an DSL Connection with bad ping times all over Europe and since I have a very fast Cable connection with very low ping time (almost no spikes) I get lag very often.My connection
was testet all the time from myself my ISP and so on all is ok.

The lower the MTU of my Opponent is the longer it takes until my packet is splittet. Is it possible in Matchmaking for xbox live to detect both MTU and automatically set the lowest MTU for both? It should be possible for xbox live servers to detect the size
of the Packages. On my side it´s not possible because of many Routers on the Route don´t respond to ICMP packages so my Router don´t know what the best MTU setting is.

How does this Matchmaking works in case of MTU?

 

My MTU is 1480. It's the default one my router seems to use as I haven't changed it myself.

Apart from the MCC I usually have a good experience in all online games. I don't even see the lag a lot of people complain about in COD:AW

Although the MCC issues are the game itself. It's never worked properly since the games release. They keep patching it to improve matchmaking but it's still not right. I've actually given up waiting for it to be fixed.

 

Your MTU should be fine, I myself have 1480 just like Malacath. The network support page states that you shouldn't go below 1384.support.xbox.com/en-us/xbox-one/networking/network-settings

If however you feel like something is off, I suggest lowering it since an MTU that's too high can cause fragmented packets

 

hm. I had hoped someone from MS would give us an absolute number here for playing. lol. thanks for the help guys

 

There is no absolute number, 1480 has been the standard for a long time. If your connection allows it you can go higher but then you can risk fragmented packets

 

1480 is not the standard, if anything 1500 and 1492 are the standards. 1500 for for mos DHCP systems and 1492 for PPOE systems. I dont know why the X1 default to and wont let you change it from 1480, it must be some measure MS takes to cut down on bandwidth.

 

Yo D Da Man, please take notice of the dates of threads before posting to them. This one is over a year old and may likely be resolved by now. If you require assistance, feel free to start a post of your own. Thanks.