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Subject: IP fragmentation 
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Hi,
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The IP fragmentation is not like in Linux, and is not clear to me.
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I'm using 2 FreeBSD-6.3 hosts, connected directly.
If I change the MTU of both hosts to 5000, and send "ping" with message
size 4972 bytes ( 4972 =3D 5000 - 8(which is ICMP Header size) - 20 =
(which
is IP Header size) )
from one host to the other, the message is passed as one packet: packet
size 5000 bytes. (as expected)
But if I send "ping" with message size 4973 bytes,  the IP fragmentation
to 2 packets is not clear to me:
The first packet is with size: 4116 bytes
The second packet is with size: 905 bytes
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I expected the first packet size to be: 4996 =3D 5000 - ((5000-20) Mod =
8)
and the second packet size to be: 25 =3D 5021 - 4996
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What is the formula being used in FreeBSD to compute the IP fragments
size?
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Thanks,
Eitan
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