Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!skl From: skl@wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Lam) Subject: Re: Fragmented packets Reply-To: skl@wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Lam) Organization: Balliffe Intersystem, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Date: Wed, 29 May 1991 10:34:24 GMT Message-ID: <1991May29.103424.29238@wimsey.bc.ca> References: <9105241110.aa04665@louie.udel.edu> Lines: 16 In article <9105241110.aa04665@louie.udel.edu>, FRUTIG%BRLNCC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU wrote: > IP: fragmented packet received, frags not supported >... > mtu=512 > maxseg=512 # to avoid receiving fragmented packets ! > rwin=512 "mtu" and "maxseg" should NOT be the same, otherwise you could get fragmentations. "mtu" should at least be 40 bytes more than "maxseg" in order to account for the length of the TCP/IP headers. Give "mtu=576" a try and see if it's any better. ...Sam --