In the other way, if this happens, the fragmentation will be carried out at the link
layer, if I'm not wrong ?
Thanks and best regards,
Jordi Palet
Consulintel
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From: <JINMEI Tatuya / $B?@L@C#:H (B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)>
To: "Sridhar Gurivireddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 3:35 AM
Subject: Re: fragmentation in IPv6
> >>>>> 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.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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