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   Message 13,219 of 14,669   
   Martijn Lievaart to Ashwin Rao   
   Re: When are payload lengths greater tha   
   26 Nov 09 21:48:02   
   
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   From: m@rtij.nl.invlalid   
      
   On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:10:35 -0800, Ashwin Rao wrote:   
      
   > Data payloads with length greater than the MSS negotiated are being   
   > exchanged. I would like to know under which conditions are payloads   
   > greater than the MSS exchanged? Further, is there a way to limit the   
   > payloads to the specified MSS value?   
      
   I've seen this happening with NICs that do tcp offloading. In that case,   
   the frame you see in tcpdump is NOT what goes over the wire, but what the   
   OS send to the card. FWIW, this was on AIX.   
      
   HTH,   
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