Sorry if I was unclear. I was asking for clarification as to how high to set the MTU, and if there was a "best practice" MTU to use going forward, as we tend to use EOIP tunnels every now and then.
On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Mike Hammett via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > You can't take a 1500 byte packet, add EoIP overhead and still be within > 1500. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Kade Sullivan via Af" <af@afmug.com> > *To: *af@afmug.com > *Sent: *Wednesday, December 10, 2014 4:16:51 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] EoIP over fiber - high latency? > > > Could you elaborate on this? We have a couple EOIP links across "other" > networks and have never adjusted the MTU anywhere. I just pulled up the > EOIP interfaces on each router and they are all set for 1500. Should we be > increasing this number as a best practice when building EOIP Tunnels? > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Shayne Lebrun via Af <af@afmug.com> > wrote: > >> Bear in mind that unless you’ve increased your MTU from end to end, or >> dropped the MTU on your two devices that the EoIP are bridging, you’re >> going to get packet fragmentation. >> >> >> >> Otherwise, what RouterOS version? >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Erich Kaiser via >> Af >> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 10, 2014 4:25 PM >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] EoIP over fiber - high latency? >> >> >> >> So I have an EoIP tunnel setup over two fiber connections for a customer, >> I am seeing high latency over the tunnel any idea? MTU Issue? Using >> RB1100AHx2 on both ends. >> > > >
