Re: (PM) MTU problem and large packets

Jake Messinger (jake@ams.com)
Wed, 3 Mar 1999 16:14:22 -0600 (CST)

On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Andy Shipman wrote:

> > I'm running a Portmaster IRX Firewall Router, ComOS 3.7.2R. The MTU on
> > the ethernet ports is set to 1500. I can ping the router with any packet
> > size upto 1472. Why can't I ping it with a packet size of 1500? Any
> > ideas out there? I need to resolve this issue or throw out the router as
> > it is hampering our internet communications.

?? 28 bits of overhead?

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