[c-nsp] Does MTU size matter on layer 2 router interface?

Randy randy_94108 at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 23 20:55:28 EDT 2011


Regardless of the interface-type - l2, l3, SVI or tunnel MTU size does-matter.
All the more so on L2 ints because fragmentation doensn't happen at l2.
HTH
./Randy

--- On Sat, 7/23/11, Rogelio <scubacuda at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Rogelio <scubacuda at gmail.com>
> Subject: [c-nsp] Does MTU size matter on layer 2 router interface?
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Date: Saturday, July 23, 2011, 5:27 PM
> If I have an interface that is simply
> spewing VLAN'd traffic to another router or switch (which
> then does certain things with that VLAN'd traffic), does the
> MTU size on that interface really matter?
> 
> (Or does it matter only on L3 interfaces that have IP
> addresses?)
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