>>>>> On Mon, 04 Jun 2001 17:20:13 -0500,
>>>>> Sridhar Gurivireddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> even if fragmentation done only at the source,
> it may have this problem because,.....
> say IP header(with extensions) is of size 4k!!!!!
> it's framented for the first time.....
> you get three pieces..
> yu add header to each piece...
> each piece is now again >4k...
> so, fragmentation again....
> Does this problem occur..
Yes, when the unfragmentable part of a packet is larger than the path
MTU, fragmentation fails and you cannot send the packet. However,
(at least through my operation experiences) we've never cared about
the problem, since we've not seen any practical usage of such a pakcet
with a long unfragmentale part.
JINMEI, Tatuya
Communication Platform Lab.
Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp.
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