Internet Exchanges supporting jumbo frames?

Thu Mar 10 06:23:30 UTC 2016

Niels Bakker wrote on 10/3/16 02:44:
> * nanog at nanog.org (Kurt Kraut via NANOG) [Thu 10 Mar 2016, 00:59 CET]:
>> I'm pretty confident there is no need for a specific MTU consensus and not all IXP participants are obligated to raise their interface MTU if the IXP starts allowing jumbo frames.
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> You're wrong here.  The IXP switch platform cannot send ICMP Packet Too Big messages.  That's why everybody must agree on one MTU.
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Isn't that the case for IXP's current/default MTU?
If an IXP currently uses 1500, what effect will it have to its customers if it's increased to 9200 but not announced to them?

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