Subject: Re: no v4, slip this time - patches!
To: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@theory.cs.uni-bonn.de>
List: tech-net
Date: 07/18/2002 11:21:08
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Hi,
On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 04:47:44PM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
>=20
> Note that if you use these, you will have to go to some lengths
> (deleting all v6 addresses, even the link-local one that shows up
> automatically) to get the interface's MTU below 576; setting a v6
> address raises the MTU if it's below 576, and it rejects attempts to
> set it below that if there are any v6 addresses configured.
> +#define MINV6MTU 576 /* straight from the v6 spec */
Minimum V6 MTU is 1280 octets. Hardware that doesn't support this is requir=
ed
to do link-level fragmentation and reassembly invisible to the v6 layer.=20
I guess you looked at an early draft of the V6 specs?
Regards,
Ignatios
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