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- From: johnson@TIGGER.JVNC.NET ("Steven L. Johnson")
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
- Subject: Re: Fragmented IP packets: any PD implementations?
- Message-ID: <199211120112.AA07881@tigger.jvnc.net>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 01:12:25 GMT
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- Erick Engleke writes:
-
- > A common misconception is that we will get fragmented packets from
- > outside our LAN, such as gateways through slower media. But it is
- > the gateway's responsibility to reassemble the frags before putting
- > the data onto the LAN at the other end. That's why people using
- > all these freeware TCPs didn't know they didn't have frag support.
-
- Being someone who suffers from this misconception, could you provide
- me a reference for this requirement? The issue of fragmentation has
- been concerning me as I've been tempted to reduce the MTU on a SLIP
- link (when it is converted over to CSLIP) to try and improve interactive
- response.
-
- -Steve
-