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Date:      Tue, 21 Apr 1998 13:55:45 -0700
From:      Paul Norton <pnorton@ccnvhi.com>
To:        "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
Cc:        "Larry S. Lile" <lile@stdio.com>, tokenring@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Current work...
Message-ID:  <199804212055.NAA01835@grumpy.ccnvhi.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980421163558.523h-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
References:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.980421161736.6630G-100000@heathers2.stdio.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980421163558.523h-100000@sasami.jurai.net>

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Matthew N. Dodd writes:
 > We need to set our min and max based on line speed and let the user adjust
 > to some value between if they desire.  Min will probably be the same for
 > both.

Max MTU is a function of ring speed and configured shared-RAM for the 16/4
adapters. There's a draft IETF standard that recommends 1500 as
default. 

 > Also remember that all our data rides around in 802.2 packets so we have
 > those headers to deal with as well.

Max IP MTU = Recv. buf size - 802.5 MAC header including max possible RIF
- 802.2 header - SNAP header. 


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