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From: XiChimos <xichimos@plobe.com>
Subject: Buffer size
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:34:56 -0500
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I was looking at the code for a userspace application and noticed that 
the buffer size was 2048.  Why is it this value if the maximum size of a 
IP datagram is 65535?  Does it get fragmented after the point of 2048 
octects?  Finally, will using 2048 ever get me into trouble?

Chris