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From: loverso@Xylogics.COM (John Robert LoVerso)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: rwhod protocol and >42 users
Message-ID: <7371@xenna.Xylogics.COM>
Date: 10 Oct 89 02:16:12 GMT
References: <1178@celit.fps.com> <7370@xenna.Xylogics.COM>
Reply-To: loverso@Xylogics.COM (John Robert LoVerso)
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In article <7370@xenna.Xylogics.COM>, I write:
% ...fragmentation happens automatically over networks with an MTU less
% than the packet size.  However, several bugs in 4.2BSD prevents[sic] this
% from working.  4.3 is no problem.

This is incorrect.  4.2, 4.3, and 4.3-tahoe all refuse to fragment a broadcast
packet.  Needless to say, I was playing with a modified kernel (i.e., fire).

John
(thanks to those who pointed this out)