[111152] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: can I ask mtu question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sthaug@nethelp.no)
Fri Jan 30 16:59:22 2009
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:59:12 +0100 (CET)
To: jfbeam@gmail.com
From: sthaug@nethelp.no
In-Reply-To: <op.uok96hwktfhldh@rbeam.xactional.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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> That depends on the hardware. I've seen gear running as low as ~8k. I'd
> have to consult standard, but I think the max is 10k (10240).
There *is* no standard for jumbo MTU. IEEE has steadfastly refused to
standardize anything bigger than 1500 bytes.
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
