To enable the MOSAIC board to send data at maximum speed (~ 120 MB/s): as root: ip route add advmss 32000 dev eth0 ======================================================================= To make permenent the change under Red Hat/SL WITH NetworkManager: ======================================================================= Create a script in /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d named 99-mosaic #!/bin/sh IF=$1 STATUS=$2 if [ "$IF" = "eth0" ] && [ "$STATUS" = "up" ]; then /sbin/ip route add 192.168.168.250 advmss 32000 dev $IF fi and make it executable chmod +x 99-mosaic ======================================================================= To make permenent the change under Red Hat/SL WITHOUT NetworkManager: ======================================================================= create the file /sbin/ifup-local #!/bin/sh if [[ "$1" == "eth0" ]] then ip route add 192.168.168.250 advmss 32000 dev $1 fi and make it executable chmod +x /sbin/ifup-local ======================================================================= To make permenent the change under Debian/Ubuntu: ======================================================================= create the file /etc/network/if-up.d/mosaic: #!/bin/sh ip route add 192.168.168.250 advmss 32000 dev $IFACE make it executable: chmod +x /etc/network/if-up.d/mosaic edit the file /etc/network/interfaces and add the lines: iface eth2 inet post-up /etc/network/if-up.d/mosaic