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cc: Alexander Nedotsukov <bland@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: max MTU for fwip device.
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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."