[c-nsp] MPLS MTU / Jumbo frames etc.
Justin Shore
justin at justinshore.com
Wed Jul 22 20:51:07 EDT 2009
Brandon Applegate wrote:
> I think I figured (part of) this out. Packets to the router != packets
> through the router. Trying to ping something on the far side with
> packet size of 9188/9216 gets me the expected icmp frag @ 9212. I still
> think I'm going to proclaim that jumbo == 9000 to make it easier for
> server / storage guys to remember anyway :)
I used to use 9216 across my network until I ran into some devices that
couldn't do 9216. I forget what they were but I ended up lowering it
all to 9000 after that. I don't expect to ever send frames that large
anyhow but I wanted to lay the groundwork for it early.
Justin
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