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Re: [colorforth] bulk transfer protocol


On Wed, 12 May 2004, Samuel A. Falvo II wrote:

> On Wednesday 12 May 2004 08:08 pm, Mark Slicker wrote:
> > I'm curious, where did the 1500 come from, was that a server option?
>
> It's the maximum number of bytes that can be placed in a single Ethernet
> frame.

Maybe I said that wrong. How is the MTU set? Is it determined by the
end-point, or by the ISP? It seems like a dial-up TCP would use an MTU
of 576 even if an intermediate router on the path supported a larger MTU.

Regards,

Mark

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