Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet

[Randy Bush <randy () psg com>]

> > A few years ago, the IETF was considering various jumbogram options.
> > As best I recall, that was the official response from the relevant
> > IEEE folks: "no". They're concerned with backward compatibility.  
>
> As I remember it, the IEEE did not say "no"

i was in the middle of this one.  they said "no."  the checksum becomes
much weaker at 4k and 9k.  and ether does have errors.

randy