mtu question

Wed Nov 17 17:22:43 UTC 2010

I think that the MTU on LO is pretty irrelevant in general.

If it does matter, larger is probably better.

Owen

On Nov 17, 2010, at 9:08 AM, Deric Kwok wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I just see that the mtu in lo is different from standard eth 1500
> 
> Any meaning of it?
> 
> eg:
> Standard eth 1500
> 
> in linux. lo mtu 16436
> 
> in solaris. lo mtu is 8232
> 
> How about cisco / juniper loopback?
> 
> Thank you so much