[e2e] Internet packet size distribution

Ghanwani, Anoop anoop.ghanwani at hp.com
Mon Oct 24 11:05:25 PDT 2005


 
> We traced the recommendations for 1300B MTU to several sources. For
> example VPN MTU recommendations, see our web page.

Could this be because of IPv6 traffic being tunneled in IPv4?
IPv6 requires that the link layer support an MTU of at least
1280 bytes.  Add 20 bytes for an IPv4 tunnel header and you
get 1300 bytes.

Anoop


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