IPv4 MTU and Maximum Frame Size

Because raising MTU demands system resources, increase MTU only on the IP interfaces that need it.

If you have one interface connected to a server that uses jumbo frames and two other interfaces connected to clients that can support jumbo frames, you might increase the MTU only on those three IP interfaces.

Because you need to allow for the Ethernet header and the cyclic redundancy check (CRC), IP MTU must always be less that the maximum frame size, as follows: