Re: IPv6 PTMU query
Mark Smith <ipng@69706e6720323030352d30312d31340a.nosense.org> Thu, 26 April 2007 11:24 UTC
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From: Mark Smith <ipng@69706e6720323030352d30312d31340a.nosense.org>
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Subject: Re: IPv6 PTMU query
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Hi Vijay, On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:39:26 +0530 vijay <vijaykumar@huawei.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > > > I am currently analyzing the IPv6 path MTU. > > As the IPv6 path MTU calculation is done by error correction method, I was > thinking of suggesting a > > proposal for calculating the path MTU optimally. I am interested in knowing > if the path MTU is a problem > > in real networks and how often packets are dropped due to MTU too small, in > real networks? > > > > If there is some information regarding the same, please share it. > Just in case you aren't aware of it, a recent RFC specifies a mechanism to use probing of Path MTUs via different sizes of packets rather than ICMP error feedback : "RFC4821 - Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery" There is also an implementation of this in fairly recent Linux kernels. HTH, Mark. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
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