On 10/07/2013 05:28, RJ Atkinson wrote: ... >> But for one problem: adaptation layer fragmentation is >> *transparent*, so there is no way for an application >> to do the equivalent of PMTUD to avoid/minimize adaptation >> layer fragmentation. > > Good point.
And you can't get round it. The decision to raise the minimum link MTU from 576 to 1280 was not a change in principle; it was just raising the level at which transparent adaptation layers were presumed to be acceptable. The big change in principle was the abolition of on-path fragmentation. Brian -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
