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dhclient.conf.5: Add supersede interface-mtu to example
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Authored by emaste on May 28 2026, 4:50 PM.
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Summary
It seems to still be common for cable ISPs to return a bogus MTU (e.g.
576) via DHCP -- recently observed with Rogers business internet.

dhclient can be configured to ingore the server-provided MTU via the
`supersede interface-mtu` option.  This is already described in the man
page, but make it more accessible by including in the example config.

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sbin/dhclient/dhclient.conf.5
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Maybe add a sentence here about when this might be useful?