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From: skl@wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Lam)
Subject: Re: Fragmented packets
Reply-To: skl@wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Lam)
Organization: Balliffe Intersystem, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Wed, 29 May 1991 10:34:24 GMT
Message-ID: <1991May29.103424.29238@wimsey.bc.ca>
References: <9105241110.aa04665@louie.udel.edu>
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In article <9105241110.aa04665@louie.udel.edu>, FRUTIG%BRLNCC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
 wrote:
>	IP: fragmented packet received, frags not supported
>...
>	mtu=512
>	maxseg=512     # to avoid receiving fragmented packets !
>	rwin=512

"mtu" and "maxseg" should NOT be the same, otherwise you could
get fragmentations.  "mtu" should at least be 40 bytes more than
"maxseg" in order to account for the length of the TCP/IP headers.
Give "mtu=576" a try and see if it's any better.

...Sam
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<skl@wimsey.bc.ca>
