Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> Dani Arbel wrote:
>
>> Shachar,
>> There is no point trying to send a packet larger than your own intrface
>> MTU, with the dont fragment bit set. It shouldn't leave your machine in
>> the first place (because the packet must be fragmented).
>> Dani
>>
>
> Oh, so you spotted this fact too ;)
>
> Yes, but using -d 1460 should send an 1500 bytes TCP packet, which
> WILL test the circumstances we are looking for.
>
> Shachar
>
>
Excuse me for replying to my own mail.
I just retested this. A 1500 bytes packet leaves the machine
unfragmented, but the IP stack resets the "don't fragment" flag. Sending
a 1498 bytes packet causes the local IP stack to leave the packet as it was.
Use -d 1458, then.
Sh.
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