From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article ,   
    Moe Trin  wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 12 Jun 2013, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.protocols.tcp-ip, in   
   > article   
   > ,   
   > rahul.dev.agg@gmail.com   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > NOTE: Posting from groups.google.com (or some web-forums) dramatically   
   > reduces the chance of your post being seen.  Find a real news server.   
   >   
   > >I have two linux machines (A and B) connected to same link   
   > >(ethernet). The MTU supported is 1500.   
   >   
   > >If I change the mtu to 1280 of one the host (say B), then can I   
   > >send an ICMP echo packet from node A (of max size as per its mtu   
   > >which is 1500) to node B ?   
   >   
   > Why limit it to 1500?  Look up "fragmentation" in RFC1122, and then   
   > look at the man page for 'ping' to see what this command is doing:   
      
   Silly me, when I answered earlier I had somehow gotten it into my head   
   that ICMP couldn't be fragmented.   
      
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   Barry Margolin   
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