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From: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking
	<b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org>
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Layer 2 fragmentation
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 00:12:40 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201005280012.41540.lindner_marek@yahoo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100527154236.GA26610@lunn.ch>

On Thursday 27 May 2010 23:42:36 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> We discussed this a while ago. Actually fragmentation should be
> considered the last resort. It if first better to try header
> compression, to make the frame small enough that it can be sent
> without fragmentation. I think you had a quick look at using the PPP
> compression code, but i guess it did not go any further.
> 
> We only need to fragment when compression is not possible.

I read about the compression and I still think it is a good idea. 
Unfortunately, it requires deep packet inspection and would only work for 99% 
of the IPv4 traffic. Besides, both solutions do not exclude each other.

Regards,
Marek

      reply	other threads:[~2010-05-27 16:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-27 14:23 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Layer 2 fragmentation Andreas Langer
2010-05-27 15:07 ` Andrew Lunn
2010-05-27 15:30   ` Marek Lindner
2010-05-27 15:42     ` Andrew Lunn
2010-05-27 16:12       ` Marek Lindner [this message]

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