Re: MTU clarification

Marc hit the nail on the head. I had a hard time getting this down myself.
Here's a great link that explains MTU, IP MTU, and MPLS MTU.

http://blog.ioshints.info/2007/10/tale-of-three-mtus.html

HTH's
max

On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 2:24 PM, marc abel <marcabel_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> MTU is more generalized as it controls MTU for all protocols, not just IP.
>
> Changing the MTU value (with the mtu interface configuration command)
> can affect the IP MTU value. If the current IP MTU value is the same
> as the MTU value, and you change the MTU value, the IP MTU value will
> be modified automatically to match the new MTU. However, the reverse
> is not true; changing the IP MTU value has no effect on the value for
> the mtu command.
>
> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Routing Freak <routingfreak_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > HI Guys,
> >
> > What is the difference between the command ip mtu and mtu ??
> > Really pissed me off last night!!!
> > ould someone explain me the difference??
> >
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