> Ok, but given any of those scenarios, is a 2.6.x Linux system's path MTU
> discovery smart enough to figure out what's going on and correct? Or
> will it just send data out to get mangled and not detect it?
If the switch is dropping the packet, then it will be treated like any
packet loss. In the case of TCP, the packet will be resent, and of
course dropped again.
If the packet was mangled, the ethernet frame would be thrown away for
failing the crc.
You really need a switch which supports path discovery.
Received on Thu Mar 15 13:03:15 2007
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