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iljitsch at muada

Apr 12, 2007, 2:20 AM


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Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet
Dear NANOGers,

It irks me that today, the effective MTU of the internet is 1500
bytes, while more and more equipment can handle bigger packets.

What do you guys think about a mechanism that allows hosts and
routers on a subnet to automatically discover the MTU they can use
towards other systems on the same subnet, so that:

1. It's no longer necessary to limit the subnet MTU to that of the
least capable system

2. It's no longer necessary to manage 1500 byte+ MTUs manually

Any additional issues that such a mechanism would have to address?

Subject User Time
Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet iljitsch at muada Apr 12, 2007, 2:20 AM
    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet p.caci at seabone Apr 12, 2007, 3:02 AM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet iljitsch at muada Apr 12, 2007, 4:03 AM
            Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet steve at telecomplete Apr 12, 2007, 4:55 AM
    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet saku+nanog at ytti Apr 12, 2007, 4:50 AM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet swmike at swm Apr 12, 2007, 5:03 AM
            Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet niels=nanog at bakker Apr 12, 2007, 5:58 AM
                Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet joelja at bogus Apr 12, 2007, 8:52 AM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet constantinegi at corp Apr 12, 2007, 7:04 AM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet will at harg Apr 12, 2007, 4:17 PM
            Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet saku+nanog at ytti Apr 12, 2007, 10:20 PM
    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet smb at cs Apr 12, 2007, 6:26 AM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet fw at deneb Apr 12, 2007, 7:12 AM
            Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet smb at cs Apr 12, 2007, 8:05 AM
                Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet fw at deneb Apr 12, 2007, 8:42 AM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet iljitsch at muada Apr 12, 2007, 8:32 AM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet randy at psg Apr 12, 2007, 11:15 AM
            Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet iljitsch at muada Apr 12, 2007, 12:18 PM
                Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet randy at psg Apr 12, 2007, 12:21 PM
        RE: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet gtb at slac Apr 12, 2007, 11:16 AM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet list at satchell Apr 12, 2007, 8:00 PM
            Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet saku+nanog at ytti Apr 12, 2007, 10:22 PM
                Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet Valdis.Kletnieks at vt Apr 13, 2007, 7:36 AM
                    RE: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet leigh.porter at ukbroadband Apr 13, 2007, 7:52 AM
                    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet smeuse at gmail Apr 13, 2007, 8:42 AM
            RE: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet michael.dillon at bt Apr 13, 2007, 2:03 AM
    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet iljitsch at muada Apr 12, 2007, 7:28 AM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet saku+nanog at ytti Apr 12, 2007, 9:07 AM
            Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet saku+nanog at ytti Apr 12, 2007, 9:35 AM
            Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet constantinegi at corp Apr 12, 2007, 10:03 AM
            Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet iljitsch at muada Apr 12, 2007, 10:51 AM
                Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet saku+nanog at ytti Apr 12, 2007, 11:08 AM
    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet Keegan.Holley at sungard Apr 12, 2007, 8:34 AM
    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet warren at kumari Apr 12, 2007, 8:56 AM
    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet steve at telecomplete Apr 12, 2007, 10:45 AM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet jloiacon at csc Apr 12, 2007, 11:12 AM
    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet randy at psg Apr 12, 2007, 11:51 AM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet randy at psg Apr 12, 2007, 12:28 PM
    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet swmike at swm Apr 12, 2007, 1:05 PM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet jloiacon at csc Apr 12, 2007, 1:31 PM
    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet swmike at swm Apr 12, 2007, 1:48 PM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet jloiacon at csc Apr 12, 2007, 2:31 PM
    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet David_Hankins at isc Apr 12, 2007, 2:28 PM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet dts at senie Apr 12, 2007, 2:58 PM
            Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet David_Hankins at isc Apr 12, 2007, 3:09 PM
                Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet dts at senie Apr 12, 2007, 3:18 PM
                    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet David_Hankins at isc Apr 12, 2007, 3:31 PM
    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet perry at coders Apr 12, 2007, 4:41 PM
    RE: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet neil at domino Apr 13, 2007, 12:35 AM
    RE: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet swmike at swm Apr 13, 2007, 8:27 AM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet stephen at sprunk Apr 13, 2007, 10:31 AM
            RE: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet DLasher at newedgenetworks Apr 13, 2007, 12:18 PM
    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet adrian at creative Apr 13, 2007, 9:24 AM
    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet stephen at sprunk Apr 13, 2007, 2:15 PM
    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet simon at limmat Apr 13, 2007, 4:39 PM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet fred at cisco Apr 13, 2007, 4:55 PM
            Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet dotis at mail-abuse Apr 14, 2007, 10:22 AM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet jgreco at ns Apr 13, 2007, 10:18 PM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet jmaimon at ttec Apr 14, 2007, 7:06 PM
    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet iljitsch at muada Apr 14, 2007, 1:10 PM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet nonobvious at gmail Apr 14, 2007, 4:13 PM
        Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet dotis at mail-abuse Apr 14, 2007, 8:46 PM
    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet randy at psg Apr 14, 2007, 4:35 PM
    Re: Thoughts on increasing MTUs on the internet stephen at sprunk Apr 14, 2007, 6:13 PM

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