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Dear Dinesh,
IP fragmentation is the answer. IPv4 is capable to handle packet up to 64k.
Best regards
Michael

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dinesh JN
> [SMTP:jdinesh AT convergsoft.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 1:49 PM
> To:
> discussion AT sctp.de
> Subject: [SCTP-Discussion] MTU Fragmentatiion of control chunks
>
> In RFC 2960
>
> we have come across this note in RFC 2960
>
> IMPLEMENTATION NOTE: An implementation MUST be prepared to receive a
> INIT ACK that is quite large (more than 1500 bytes) due to the
> variable size of the state cookie AND the variable address list. For
> example if a responder to the INIT has 1000 IPv4 addresses it wishes
> to send, it would need at least 8,000 bytes to encode this in the
> INIT ACK.
>
> the fragmentation of Data chunk is very clear,but in cases above note,
> the size of the INIT CHUNK will be exceeding 1500 MTU, so how these chunks
> have to be handle
>
>
> thanx in advance
> Dinesh
>
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• [SCTP-Discussion] MTU Fragmentatiion of control chunks, Dinesh JN, 07/11/2001
  • <Possible follow-up(s)>
  • RE: [SCTP-Discussion] MTU Fragmentatiion of control chunks, Tuexen Michael, 07/11/2001
    • [SCTP-Discussion] Another sctplib up and running, M. Mueller, 07/11/2001

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