Re: IGPs and services?

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Thu, 18 May 2000 20:39:46 EDT, Brandon Ross <bross () netrail net>  said:
> What platform adds static routes in response to PMTU discovery?  I've
> never seen that before.  What purpose does it serve to add statics?  Some
> kind of caching of MTU per destination?

Exactly.  AIX 4.3 uses a host route to cache the discovered PMTU.  I got
surprised in 4.3.3 when PMTU discovery became the default...

What systems DONT use a host route to cache the PMTU, and what do they use
instead to store the values?

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                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Operating Systems Analyst
                                Virginia Tech