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Re: MTU of the Internet?
From: Jim Dixon <jdd () vbc net>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 13:04:13 +0000 (GMT)
On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
Eric Osborne writes:The problem with anything Microsoft may put forth is that it'll read like "576 is good. It is the best. We do it. So should everybody. If 576 is good, all else must be bad." And that's simply not the case.I must admit that I'm very worried about what will happen to the internet if they do this. Why? This will effectively triple the number of packets that routers have to do processing on, that's why.
Packets going through our border routers have an average packet size in the region of 200 to 250 bytes. How would this triple the average packet size? -- Jim Dixon VBCnet GB Ltd http://www.vbc.net tel +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015
Current thread:
- Re: MTU of the Internet?, (continued)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Fletcher E Kittredge (Feb 05)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Marc Slemko (Feb 04)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Alex Bligh (Feb 04)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Alex P. Rudnev (Feb 04)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Phil Howard (Feb 04)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Marc Slemko (Feb 04)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Sean M. Doran (Feb 08)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Eric Osborne (Feb 04)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Perry E. Metzger (Feb 04)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Tony Li (Feb 05)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Jim Dixon (Feb 05)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Eric Osborne (Feb 05)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Frank Kastenholz (Feb 05)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Ron Fitzherbert (Feb 05)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Sean M. Doran (Feb 07)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Sean M. Doran (Feb 07)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Scott Whyte (Feb 05)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Steve Carter (Feb 05)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Phil Howard (Feb 05)
- Re: MTU of the Internet? Perry E. Metzger (Feb 05)
- The 'tude [Was MTU of the Internet?] Steve Carter (Feb 05)