Hello,

 Would be thanxful if I can get an answer to the following question.

In IPV6, only the source node fragments the packet, and the assembly 
happens at the destination. The fragment size is determined by a 
finding out the MTU on the path - implying that the source now knows 
the route that the packet has to take to reach the destination. My 
doubt is this: Will a datagram in UDP have to traverse a path that is 
discovered before it is sent out (since the source may have to fragment 
the packet)or will it work just like in IPV4 where its route is 
determined by routers between the source & destination? 

In essence, will datagrams exhibit the same behaviour as in the 
previous version of IP?

Regards,
Vimal

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