[28848] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IGPs and services?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Fri May 19 10:58:52 2000
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To: Brandon Ross <bross@netrail.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 18 May 2000 20:39:46 EDT."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
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Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 10:56:29 -0400
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On Thu, 18 May 2000 20:39:46 EDT, Brandon Ross <bross@netrail.net> said:
> What platform adds static routes in response to PMTU discovery? I've
> never seen that before. What purpose does it serve to add statics? Some
> kind of caching of MTU per destination?
Exactly. AIX 4.3 uses a host route to cache the discovered PMTU. I got
surprised in 4.3.3 when PMTU discovery became the default...
What systems DONT use a host route to cache the PMTU, and what do they use
instead to store the values?
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Valdis Kletnieks
Operating Systems Analyst
Virginia Tech
