6.2 mtu now limits size of incomming packet

Artem Belevich fbsdlist at src.cx
Fri Jul 20 22:59:18 UTC 2007


Here's one example where MTU!=MRU would be useful.

Think of asymmetric bandwith-limited ADSL links. Lower MTU would allow
lower TX latency for high priority packets when upstream is saturated,
yet large MRU on the downstream would be great for downloads.

Right now with 6.2 one has to trade off lower latency  for faster download.

--Artem


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