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Re: How to use an IP-header bit for Path MTU discovery.

Philippe Prindeville <philipp@Gipsi.Gipsi.Fr> Tue, 20 February 1990 10:24 UTC

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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1990 11:25:01 -0100
From: Philippe Prindeville <philipp@Gipsi.Gipsi.Fr>
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To: jrd@ALLSPICE.LCS.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: How to use an IP-header bit for Path MTU discovery.
Cc: MTU Discovery <mtudwg>

One other advantage to leaving the RF bit on in this scheme is
you can benefit from it completely as long as the gateway on
the *near* side of the lowest MTU link implements it (and the
end systems, of course).  This works much better than the next-
hop address on the IP option of Fox et al.

-Philip

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