ICMP layer should recalculate the path-MTU depending on ICMP redirect and update the routing entries appropriately and also inform packetization layer(s) about the change in path-MTU ( you can have your own algo.)
-Shashi Keshava Ayanur wrote: > > Hi, > I have a question about PATH-MTU . > > Should the IP stack inform the application about the change in > path-MTU . > Else how does the application running on UDP will know about > change in the > size ? > Or is it up to the application running on UDP to care by some > reliable mechanism ? > > Regards, > keshava > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List > IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng > FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng > Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
