Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 22:52:51 +1100 (EDT) From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> To: louie@TransSys.COM (Louis A. Mamakos) Cc: taob@io.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing Ethernet frame size to 576 bytes? Message-ID: <199603241151.DAA29222@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199603240511.AAA20790@wa3ymh.transsys.com> from "Louis A. Mamakos" at Mar 24, 96 00:11:46 am
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In some mail from Louis A. Mamakos, sie said: > > > There is much confusion evident in the email message. > > First, the 576 byte packet size mentioned is the *minimum* MTU which > is "required" to be supported. Or something like that. In practice, 576 is minimum packet reassembly size, meaning any packet, upto and including, 576 *MUST* be able to be reassembled, if fragmented. The minimum MTU is 68.
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