On 05/17/2012 08:05 AM, Fred Maillou wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In lib.core the MTU value that is queried from the ip utility
> finds itself added a value of 100:
>
> get_device_mtu1() # $1 = device
> {
> local output
> output="$($IP link list dev $1 2> /dev/null)" # quotes required for /bin/ash
> local mtu
>
> if [ -n "$output" ]; then
> mtu=$(find_mtu $output)
> if [ -n "$mtu" ]; then
> [ $mtu = 1500 ] || echo mtu $(($mtu + 100))
> fi
> fi
>
> }
>
> What would be the reason as to why a value of 100 was chosen.

HTB assumes a value of 1600 (1500+100) if the HTB is not specified. So 
if the actual MTU is not 1500, I'm also adding 100 to the actual value.

-Tom
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