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Date:      Mon, 9 Aug 2004 08:59:34 +0100
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        freebsd-firewire@freebsd.org
Cc:        Alexander Nedotsukov <bland@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: max MTU for fwip device.
Message-ID:  <200408090859.34574.dfr@nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <4116EA33.8040405@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <4116EA33.8040405@FreeBSD.org>

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On Monday 09 August 2004 04:06, Alexander Nedotsukov wrote:
> Hi again,
> Is there any reason why we do not support MTUs higher than 1500 bytes
> on firewire links?

Basically, we are limited by the specification. The rfc states that the 
default MTU should be 1500 bytes. From the spec: "NOTE: IP-capable 
nodes may operate with an MTU size larger than the default, but the 
means by which a larger MTU is configured are beyond the scope of this 
document."



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