MTU of the Internet?
Fletcher E Kittredge
fkittred at gwi.net
Thu Feb 5 14:13:10 UTC 1998
On Wed, 4 Feb 1998 19:42:56 -0500 "Jay R. Ashworth" wrote:
> > Unless your ISP uses BBN Butterflies and C30 IMPs in its backbone, I
> > would discount the odds of running into a link with an MTU of 576.
>
Um, C30s were never IMPs (Internet Message Processors), they were
always PSNs (Packet Switching Nodes). First project I ever worked on.
> How do I program my router to emulate one of those?
Drop it out a 3rd story window?
BBN Butterflys were one of the worst pieces of hardware ever built.
regards,
fletcher
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