Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 12:54:00 -0700 From: "dster" <dster@syix.com> To: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 4.4-STABLE machine unusable (was Re: Openssh) Message-ID: <011c01c15f21$1f597380$2813933f@cat> References: <16946679.1004166720228.JavaMail.imail@pugsly.excite.com>
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> Right. It turns out that Solaris has a parameter to switch path MTU
> discovery on or off ("ndd /dev/ip ip_path_mtu_discovery"). Does FreeBSD
> have anything similar?
>
> If MTU discovery fails (and AFAIK, path MTU discovery is optional with
IPv4
> anyway), then doesn't it make sense not to set the no-frag bit? Why not
> let the router fragment those datagrams whose sizes exceed the link MTU?
> Why do we need IP fragmentation at all if not to handle cases like this
one?
>
go here
http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/
and search on mtu discovery
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