[15105] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MTU of the Internet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean M. Doran)
Sat Feb 7 23:38:32 1998
To: Ron Fitzherbert <ron@penguin.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: "Sean M. Doran" <smd@clock.org>
Date: 07 Feb 1998 20:26:19 -0800
In-Reply-To: Ron Fitzherbert's message of "Thu, 5 Feb 1998 02:04:50 -0500 (EST)"
Ron Fitzherbert <ron@penguin.net> writes:
> What I would like to know is: is there a MTU that is best to use IN
> GENERAL, or should we all just trust discovery and live with it?
MTUs should reflect the largest datagram size transport
media can carry, period.
Small MTUs, whether by design or configuration,
limit the flexibility of end systems in choosing to send
appropriately large datagrams without introducing
IP fragmentation.
Sean.
