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From: chris@GYRE.UMD.EDU (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re:  UDP max datagram size ?
Message-ID: <8809221458.AA12621@gyre.umd.edu>
Date: 22 Sep 88 14:58:57 GMT
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4.3BSD has a default size limit of 2048 bytes, but this can
be changed with a `setsockopt' call.  Rwhod packets are limited
not by this size, but by the Ethernet MTU, as 4BSD will not
fragment a UDP broadcast packet (unless you tweak your kernel).

Chris