IPv6 MTUs smaller than 1280 bytes?

bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com
Fri Sep 10 23:35:58 CEST 2010


yes - we see MTUs of 1220 with some regularity.

--bill


On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 05:36:52PM -0300, Fernando Gont wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm told that in some scenarios, IPv6 operates over link-layers that do
> not provide an MTU gretear than or equal to 1280 bytes (the IPv6
> required minimum MTU).
> 
> Has anybody seen such a thing?
> 
> P.S.: Yes, I'm aware of what RFC 2460 requires.
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Fernando Gont
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