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>>>>> "Jonathan" == Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU> writes:
    Wolfgang> route add -mtu 4096 -net x.x.x.0 myinterface

    >> Yes, but that isn't the point of PMTU discovery.
    >> 
    >> The point is to figure out that there are FDDI networks from
    >> A<->B and so that *NON-LOCAL* packets can be bigger.  In any
    >> case, the reason I wanted PMTU code (which I understand now
    >> that FreeBSD has) is because I want to determine if my
    >> implementation of PMTU ICMP's in an IPsec security gateway
    >> works correctly.

    Jonathan> PMTU is also useful if you have an Ethernet subnet at
    Jonathan> home, with a SLIP or PPP connection configured to a low
    Jonathan> MTU (256 bytes) for latency reasons.

  I, for one do. However, since prior to PMTU, you were supposed to
assume an MTU of 576 for non-local TCP connections, it doesn't affect
me. It affects people that have their PPP MTU set to a higher value.
  And, so, if *YOU* access my machine, across my rather loss link, (my
fault, not my ISP's) then doing too much fragmentation affects your
speed. Believe me: I'm across the world, and I know how bad my link
is.

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