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From: slevy@UC.MSC.UMN.EDU ("Stuart Levy")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: IP broadcast fragmentation [was: UDP max datagram size ?]
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Date: 26 Sep 88 14:06:22 GMT
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Speaking of fragmenting broadcasts, can anyone explain the rationale for
not doing this?  Is it just BSD IP which refuses to fragment them or is it
widely held to be a Bad Thing?   I don't find mention of fragmentation in
RFC 919.

	Stuart Levy, slevy@uc.msc.umn.edu