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On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:44:22 +0100, Mikael Abrahamsson <[email protected]> said: > I would like to tunnel IP packets over an IP network, and this IP network > has 1500 MTU (regular ethernet MTU). In the cisco tunnel (and most others) > the tunnel MTU ends up being 1450-something bytes. This is not acceptable, > I need something that is able to split the packet up into two packets so > that the tunnel MTU will be 1500. Why is it "not acceptable"? Can you configure a Path MTU of 1450 to avoid fragmenting, or run Path MTU Discovery? -- Valdis Kletnieks Operating Systems Analyst Virginia Tech Attachment:
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