[j-nsp] MPLS-in-MPLS mtu

[Alex]

Jared,
Max BGP message size is 4096 bytes anyway and I cannot possibly see how 9K 
MTU can further increase tcp performance in case of iBGP in comparison with 
MTU of 4470.
Rgds
Alex

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jared Mauch" <jared at puck.nether.net>
To: "Jonas Frey" <jf at probe-networks.de>
Cc: <juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: [j-nsp] MPLS-in-MPLS mtu


> there should be no reason you can't increase your 'mpls infrastructure'
> MTU to something larger, eg: 4470 or otherwise.  Some providers have gone 
> as
> far as increasing the internal MTU to the 9k range.  This can have some
> serious wins in some cases, eg: tcp performance as it relates to
> ibgp messages.
>
> - jared
>
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 05:46:48PM +0200, Jonas Frey wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> i'am looking to deploy a vlan-ccc l2circuit (via MPLS). The customer
>> wants to use MPLS himself on this circuit so i am wondering what MTU
>> would be needed for this to work. I am calculating with 1526 bytes, is
>> this correct?
>>
>> Any help appreciated.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jonas
>>
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