From: Ramin Dousti <ramin@cannon.eng.us.uu.net>
To: Scott MacKay <scottmackay@yahoo.com>
Cc: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: Re: MTU vs packet size?
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:29:42 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030623152942.GA28160@cannon.eng.us.uu.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030623151248.81850.qmail@web13904.mail.yahoo.com>
On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 08:12:48AM -0700, Scott MacKay wrote:
> Mainly from interest in the size of the buffer in the
> ipq_read(), can you receive a packet who's size is
> greater than the MTU of the interface? In example,
> with a 1500 mtu interface, can you receive a 2000 byte
> packet?
Yes, MTU is Maximum _Transfer_ Unit. If you set it to a
number less than the actual layer2 capability and the other
side sets it to the real MTU of the link, then you will send
small packets but you would receive bigger packets than your
set MTU.
Ramin
> -Scott
>
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-23 15:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-23 13:46 Bug in FORWARD chain in iptables-1.2.7a with Linux kernel 2.4.20? Christian Ericsson
2003-06-23 15:12 ` MTU vs packet size? Scott MacKay
2003-06-23 15:29 ` Ramin Dousti [this message]
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