Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: MTU and 2.4.x kernel | From | Pierfrancesco Caci <> | Date | 18 Feb 2001 12:26:09 +0100 |
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:-> "kuznet" == kuznet <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru> writes:
>> Over a radio link where >> error rate causes exponential increases in probability of packet loss as
> Another myth. All they do error correction and have so high latency, > that _increasing_ mtu only helps. And helps a lot.
Please don't break existing implementations. Some old hardware used in the amateur radio world doesn't even accept an mtu longer than 256(*), and the resulting packets will be silently chopped at the end. If you want to drop mtu lower than 512, please at least add a CONFIG_I_NEED_A_GODDAMN_SMALL_MTU as an option.
Pf
(*) Kantronics TNCs are an example.
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