Girish M G wrote:
>
>> ip_ire_pathmtu_interval: the "_ire_" component of the name is not
>> user friendly. And again, why would this need to be tuned?
>
> Also forgot to mention, this is a RFC 1191 requirement:
>
> "Note: an implementation should provide a means for changing the
> timeout duration, including setting it to "infinity". For example,
> hosts attached to an FDDI network which is then attached to the rest
> of the Internet via a slow serial line are never going to discover a
> new non-local PMTU, so they should not have to put up with dropped
> datagrams every 10 minutes."
>
> ~Girish
>
Okay, this makes sense. It should have a more user-friendly name, though.
-- Garrett
