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From: morgan@JESSICA.STANFORD.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: AppleTalk across Internet?
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Date: 29 Sep 88 02:54:59 GMT
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> The problem you run into is that KIP does not handle IP fragments and
> the intial packets sent for AppleShare (an echo packet) is larger than
> the "minimally required" mtu of 576 (often packets going across imp's
> are fragment around that size).

Hmm, I always thought the MTU of the ARPANet was 1008.  I wonder what
the MTUs of the NSFNet and the various regionals are?

 - RL "Bob"