Since you can't FEC IP fragments, the apps have to do it. And since the apps do it, they fragment on IP MTU boundaries.
Dino > On Dec 7, 2021, at 6:54 PM, to...@strayalpha.com wrote: > > I think we’re generally in agreement. > > My view is that fragmentation is currently a necessary evil. Evil that should > be avoided where possible, but necessary that MUST be supported. > > Joe > > — > Joe Touch, temporal epistemologist > www.strayalpha.com > >> On Dec 7, 2021, at 3:46 PM, Dino Farinacci <farina...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Right, I understand this. I said *it could8 use larger headers. So sounds >> like we are in agremement. That is, if we can't agree on 1400 because >> protocols have been spec'ed for smaller ones, that is where we are headed. >> In the opposite direction we wantn to go. >> >> Hence, there is no way to technically fix this. And fragmentation is *not >> the solution*. It will cause more packet loss and time-out buffers in >> receivers. >> >> But what apps can do, and I know many that do is to send a packet train of >> MTU sized packets with FEC. So when there is loss, the receiver can build >> the packets via erasure codes. >> >> Dino _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list Int-area@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
