Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 00:07:05 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: fenner@parc.xerox.com (Bill Fenner) Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MTU > 1500 ? what the.. Message-ID: <199703100507.AAA00841@crh.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <97Mar9.081540pst.177476@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> from Bill Fenner at "Mar 9, 97 08:15:29 am"
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> At what layer are the packets 1514 bytes? The ethernet header is 14
> bytes, so ethernet packets of 1514 bytes are IP packets of 1500 bytes,
> e.g. your MTU.
I believe those are ethernet packets, and perhaps im on crack but I was under
the impression that ethernet packets couldnt exceed 1500 bytes. I'll have to
check my references tommorow at work. In any case its undenyable that with
1514 X-window packets I am unable to communicate with some remote displays
(probably due to a router between here and there choking on the large packet
size) if I drop it to 1480 I have no problems what so ever.
-Crh
Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu
http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich
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