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Date:      Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:58:57 -0800
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Axel Rau <Axel.Rau@Chaos1.DE>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RESOLVED: Re: 8.1 Box does not react on ICMP "unreachable - need to frag"
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On Jan 18, 2011, at 6:14 AM, Axel Rau wrote:
> Am 18.01.2011 um 14:40 schrieb Artyom Viklenko:
>> Make sure DB2 got ICMP need-frag message and it not blocked.
>> Also, check sysctl variable 'net.inet.tcp.path_mtu_discovery'.
> 
> Yes to both. So this is a bug in 8.1?

If DF is true and the packet exceeds the MTU, then it is dropped per RFC-791.  This can be used by pMTU discovery, if enabled.

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck




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