Ok, I know that this is getting away from the original thread, but I've always wondered this...
Why is the MTU on Ethernet 1500 bytes? I have looked through various docs (eg IEEE Std 802.x) and can find where maxUntaggedFrameSize is listed as 1518 octets, but there is no mention of why this was chosen. I know where the minimum frame size comes from (CSMA/CD and propagation times, etc), but the maximum frame size number sounds fairly arbitrary.
-- Warren. On Feb 4, 2004, at 5:46 PM, Hani Mustafa wrote:
"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." -- Terry Pratchett
How does a 50Mbyte MTU sound like?
http://www.psc.edu/~mathis/MTU/
~Hani Mustafa
