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Date:      Tue, 5 Apr 2022 17:07:58 -0500
From:      Dustin Marquess <dmarquess@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-net@brettglass.com
Cc:        "Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen@punkt.de>, "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Wireguard, MTUs, and jumbo packets
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On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 9:46 AM <freebsd-net@brettglass.com> wrote:
>
> Interesting. That 60 byte overhead (which I understand is intended
> to make the protocol connectionless) is concerning, because to send
> a 1500 byte packet one needs to have enabled jumbo packets along
> the entire path. Otherwise, there will be a lot of fragmentation...
> which in turn will create yet more overhead.

Strangely, I'm seeing a 96-byte overhead over IPv4, maybe because I'm
using a PSK also?

I'm seeing a 90-byte overhead with IKEv2, though, so an extra 6 bytes
isn't a huge deal to me.

-Dustin



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