Re: should TCPs do MTU black hole detection?

["Alex P. Rudnev" <alex () virgin relcom eu net>]

> > > yes-do-detection or no-we-want-the-problems-fixed.
> > > Comments appreciated.
> > I think that most ISP's would prefer that problems were fixed.
>
> the choice seems 
>
>   o when it breaks, the noc gets the call, debugs it, and it gets fixed
'it get fixed' if   the problem is inside the network controlled by  the NOC. If
not??



>   o when it breaks, the software does successive guesswork back-offs until
>     it makes it through.  the performance sucks big-time, the customer
>     thinks the isp is at fault, but the noc does not get called and the
>     real problem never gets fixed.
>
> randy

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