MTU mismatch on one link

Ben Bartsch uwcableguy at gmail.com
Fri Aug 31 15:13:41 UTC 2012


mturoute.exe works great

http://www.elifulkerson.com/projects/mturoute.php



On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Justin M. Streiner <streiner at cluebyfour.org
> wrote:

> On Fri, 31 Aug 2012, Andrew K. wrote:
>
>  Besides routing protocol convergence is there any service issues with
>> running mismatched MTU?  Assuming the packet flow does not exceed the
>> smallest MTU value.
>>
>
> Not really, but given the bursty nature of IP traffic, that's a very
> dubious assumption.
>
> In other words, you _can_ do it, but it's not a good idea, and can end up
> making lots of extra headaches for you/whoever supports this setup.
>
> jms
>
>



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