[c-nsp] BVI MTU Question

Randy randy_94108 at yahoo.com
Sat Aug 13 23:39:46 EDT 2011


...at L2 no!
the BVI itself is l3 so as long as you have your mtu set to the lowest-common-denominator it will work(while your L2 interfaces are set to a higher mtu)
>From your email, it appears you are trying to do this *mtu-translation* at L2-conditionally. That will not work.
./Randy

--- On Sat, 8/13/11, Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
> Subject: [c-nsp] BVI MTU Question
> To: "Cisco NSPs" <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> Date: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 8:15 AM
> 
> Hi.  I'm running a bridge group between a Gig E
> interface and a Fast E interface.  I'd like to use
> jumbo frames on the Gig E interface and have it translate
> the MTU for packets headed to the Fast E interface, but not
> translate the MTU for packets headed to a jumbo-frames
> enabled Gig E interface that's not part of the bridge
> group.
> 
> Is this doable?
> 
> Peace...  Sridhar
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