Knowledge Base: Setting the MTU value; Ethernet speed; Windows AFP servers

Apple posted a few new informative Knowledge Base articles over the past few days, and refined some previously published notes:

• [#107474] Mac OS X 10.2: How to Set the MTU Value During Startup Use the procedure below to create a startup item script that sets the maximum transmission unit (MTU) value for your network interface(s). This may be required when using certain Internet service providers.
• [#107475] Mac OS X 10.2: How to Set Ethernet Speed and Duplex During Startup Use the procedure below to create a startup item script that sets the Ethernet speed and duplex settings for your network interface(s).
• [#107481] Mac OS X 10.2: Folders Created on Windows AFP Share Have Wrong Permissions Folders created on a Windows 2000 Server by Mac OS X AFP clients may have the wrong permissions, preventing Mac OS X users from accessing the folders they create.
• [#107483] Mac OS X 10.2: MS-DOS Disk Does Not Appear in Finder A local MS-DOS (FAT32) volume, whether a whole disk or a partition, will not appear in the Finder ("mount") if it is larger than 128 GB.
• [#75493] Xserve (Slot Load): Combo Drive Unable to Burn Verbatim 32x CD-R Media A Combo drive can be added as an option when ordering an Xserve (Slot Load) computer. The Combo drive on Xserve (Slot Load) may not able to burn Verbatim 32x CD-R media.

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