Really? I had never heard of this problem. I'm not aware that BGP negotiates MTU in any of its PDU's. Can you provide the RFC that discusses this problem?
""suaveguru"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > If I am not wrong this problem also occurs for BGP > peers with unmatched MTU sizes which causes BGP to > flap when they exchange routing tables , especially if > one neighbour is configured with full-routes > > > regards, > > suaveguru > --- Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > > The problem happens when the routers try to exchange > > database description > > packets. One side can send packets that are too > > large for the other side to > > receive. Then the routers never achieve adjacency. > > It's an infamous > > problem. I was glad that Kevin brought it up. I was > > thinking we should have > > mentioned it in that other thread about OSPF Hellos > > (although this problem > > happens after the initial hellos). > > > > More here: > > > > http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/104/12.html > > > > Priscilla > > > > At 11:33 AM 4/17/02, Kane, Christopher A. wrote: > > > > The most frequently mismatched parameters > > relevant for OSPF > > > > configuration > > > > seem to be dead intervals & mtu sizes. > > > > > >OSPF doesn't care about MTU size. > > ________________________ > > > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > > http://www.priscilla.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=41906&t=41613 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
