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Re: IGPs and services?
- From: Valdis.Kletnieks
- Date: Fri May 19 10:59:53 2000
On Thu, 18 May 2000 20:39:46 EDT, Brandon Ross <bross@netrail.net> said:
> What platform adds static routes in response to PMTU discovery? I've
> never seen that before. What purpose does it serve to add statics? Some
> kind of caching of MTU per destination?
Exactly. AIX 4.3 uses a host route to cache the discovered PMTU. I got
surprised in 4.3.3 when PMTU discovery became the default...
What systems DONT use a host route to cache the PMTU, and what do they use
instead to store the values?
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Valdis Kletnieks
Operating Systems Analyst
Virginia Tech
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