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Colleagues, We
have been performing some PMTUD tests and have found that different operating
systems handle PMTUD differently. Specifically, we found that the
“ping” application behaves in the following way when the PMTU is
set to 1280 and a 1500 octet ICMPv6 echo request is sent to that routed path.
The hosts we tested: 1.
Send one or two un-fragmented echo requests 2.
Receive the “Packet Too Big” ICMPv6 message from the
first interface with the 1280 octet MTU 3.
Begin to send echo requests in two fragments The
following questions occurred to us: 1.
Should the hosts re-transmit the ICMPv6 echo request(s) in
fragments? 2.
If not, should the host that sent two echo requests have waited
for a response in support of PMTUD? Any
assistance you can provide, especially commercial specification for shipping
product or other applications, would be most helpful. Many thanks in advance. Best
Regards, |