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RE: The IPv4 Internet MTU

To: "Arnaud Ebalard" <arno@natisbad.org>, Rémi Denis-Courmont <rdenis@simphalempin.com>
Subject: RE: The IPv4 Internet MTU
From: "Templin, Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:42:38 -0700
Cc: <v6ops@ops.ietf.org>
In-reply-to: <87myv7q07o.fsf@natisbad.org>
References: <87abrcmtvn.fsf@natisbad.org> <87r6kol9ur.fsf@natisbad.org><200709272215.16068.rdenis@simphalempin.com> <87myv7q07o.fsf@natisbad.org>

> This silly idea gets me to a default MTU for Teredo interfaces in [1380,
> 1384]. I know it looks like cooking but it seems a fair bet and it
> provides in default cases almost a 10% boost of TCP MSS value for Teredo
> clients without obvious drawbacks.

Why not just set the Teredo interface MTU to (64KB-ENCAPS)?
Then, take special care to make sure the small packets get
through but let the big packets take care of themselves.

Fred
fred.l.templin@boeing.com

Follow-Ups:
- RE: The IPv4 Internet MTU
  - From: Christian Huitema <huitema@windows.microsoft.com>

References:
- Teredo MTU logic
  - From: arno@natisbad.org (Arnaud Ebalard)
- The IPv4 Internet MTU (was Re: Teredo MTU logic)
  - From: Rémi Denis-Courmont <rdenis@simphalempin.com>
- Re: The IPv4 Internet MTU
  - From: arno@natisbad.org (Arnaud Ebalard)

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