Windows 98 and 98 SE

1. Start the registry editor regedit.exe
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   
3. Find the following key :
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\NetTrans
4. There should be several keys listed beneath NetTrans, labeled like 0001, 0002, etc.
   If you click on one of these keys, there should be a value on the right hand side called "IPAddress."
5. Find the interface that has the IP address of the LAN card.
6. Go the the Edit menu and select New-String Value.
   The name of this value is MaxMTU.
7. Double-click on MaxMTU and set its value to 1334.
8. Restart the PC.

Windows 2000 and XP

1. Start the registry editor regedt32.exe
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   
3. Find the following key :
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces
4. There should be several keys listed beneath Interfaces, labeled like {32F8FF87-A1F9-4EAF-881C-1664D54001AB}.
   If you click on one of these keys, there should be a value on the right hand side called "IPAddress."
5. Find the interface that has the IP address of the LAN card.
6. Go the the Edit menu and select Add Value.
   The name of this value is MTU and the data type is REG_DWORD. Click OK.
7. Click on Decimal for the Radix and in the data box put in 1334. Click OK.
8. Restart the PC.

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