Re: MTU of the Internet?

At 05:46 PM 2/7/98 GMT, William Allen Simpson wrote:

I hate to extend this thread any, but there is too much misinformation to let slide.... [...] As to the proposal that the big packets could be sliced and diced to allow a smaller interactive packet thru -- well, the PPP fragmentation header has been out there for years, but nobody really implements it, even for multi-link. Too much pain, not enough gain. Same problems as ATM.

I've heard of people configuring only one link within a MLPPP bundle and saying that it helps in some cases. http://www/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios113ed/113ed_cr/dial_c/dcpr t2/dcppp.htm#xtocid35927 -Steve