mtu question
Jack Bates
jbates at brightok.net
Wed Nov 17 21:02:22 UTC 2010
On 11/17/2010 11:08 AM, Deric Kwok wrote:
> Hi
>
> I just see that the mtu in lo is different from standard eth 1500
>
> Any meaning of it?
>
You transfer huge amounts of data on loopbacks similar to sockets.
Supporting large MTU's is appropriate, and given the virtual nature of
loopbacks, is probably generally designed to handle the buffers that
transfer the data.
> How about cisco / juniper loopback?
>
> Thank you so much
Juniper M120: Type: Loopback, MTU: Unlimited
Cisco 7206 12.2SRE: MTU 1514 bytes, BW 8000000 Kbit/sec, DLY 5000 usec,
Jack
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