If you wanted to get nitpicky, it would actually need 3 fragments to account for the extra IP header(s). :-)
Regards, Miguel Delapaz z/VM TCP/IP Development The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> wrote on 08/20/2008 01:38:48 PM: > > Yes and no. :-) > > It won't be truncated, but it will be fragmented. The MTU is the Guardian > of the Gate. It prevents the IP layer from sending a packet too large for > the underlying interface to handle. So a 3K packet over an MTU 1500 link > will result in two fragments, each 1500 bytes. > > Alan Altmark > z/VM Development > IBM Endicott
