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Re: Strange public traceroutes return private RFC1918 addresses

  • From: bill
  • Date: Tue Feb 03 10:08:44 2004 
> bill wrote:
> 
> >	for some, yes.  running 1ge is fairly common and 10ge is
> >	maturing.  bleeding edge 40ge is available ... and 1500byte
> >	mtu is -not- an option.
> >
> Me wonders why people ask for 40 byte packets at linerate if the mtu is 
> supposedly
> larger?
> 
> Pete

	got me... although I could fabricate a rational.

	40 byte packets @ 40Gig  is a wonder to contemplate.
	the whole ATM argument (53byte "cells" over 100Meg)
	being an egregious overhead expense for segmentation/
	reassembly is amplified here.

--bill