Jared, Max BGP message size is 4096 bytes anyway and I cannot possibly see how 9K MTU can further increase tcp performance in case of iBGP in comparison with MTU of 4470. Rgds Alex
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jared Mauch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jonas Frey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [j-nsp] MPLS-in-MPLS mtu > there should be no reason you can't increase your 'mpls infrastructure' > MTU to something larger, eg: 4470 or otherwise. Some providers have gone > as > far as increasing the internal MTU to the 9k range. This can have some > serious wins in some cases, eg: tcp performance as it relates to > ibgp messages. > > - jared > > On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 05:46:48PM +0200, Jonas Frey wrote: >> Hello, >> >> i'am looking to deploy a vlan-ccc l2circuit (via MPLS). The customer >> wants to use MPLS himself on this circuit so i am wondering what MTU >> would be needed for this to work. I am calculating with 1526 bytes, is >> this correct? >> >> Any help appreciated. >> >> Regards, >> Jonas >> >> _______________________________________________ >> juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > > -- > Jared Mauch | pgp key available via finger from [EMAIL PROTECTED] > clue++; | http://puck.nether.net/~jared/ My statements are only > mine. > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
