Re: MSS vs MTU

Hi.

MSS is TCP+specific, while (IP) MTU affects all IP packets, i.e. ICMP,
UDP, etc. You might find these URLs helpful:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk870/tk877/tk880/technologies_tech_note09186a008011a218.shtml

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk827/tk369/technologies_white_paper09186a00800d6979.shtml

HTH
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Mark Stephanus Chandra wrote:
> Can Anyone tell me what is the difference between MSS and MTU ?
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> I have look in Cisco DOC explanation, it mention about the PPPOE technology
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> Regards
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> Mark Stephanus Chandra - CCIE#23887
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Received on Thu Oct 29 2009 - 21:39:57 ART