Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2002 01:14:45 +0100 From: "Rogier R. Mulhuijzen" <drwilco@drwilco.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: path_mtu_discovery Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20020105011436.01d16058@mail.drwilco.net>
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>I don't have the RFC handy, but aren't all Internet connected hosts
>required to support a minimum MTU of 576 from end to end with no
>fragmentation? Thus if we ever got an MTU less than 576 we should
>ignore it. Right?
If we're on the internet yes. If you're in an environment other than one
connected to the internet (do those even exist <grin/>) no.
Hence my tuneable sysctl idea.
DocWilco
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