Re: Is Fragmentation at IP layer even needed ?

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On 2/8/2016 1:27 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Joe Touch <touch@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 2/8/2016 12:44 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
>>> Seems to me that we might be misreading the original proposal. There
>>> are two ways to read it:
>>>
>>> 1) In future all Internet routing gear MUST NOT fragment IP packets.
>>
>> IPv6 is that future, FWIW.
> 
> Hopefully yes.
> 
> But is it written down anywhere that IPv6 routers MUST accept packets
> up to the full IP payload? The conversation in this thread suggests
> not.

RFC2460 specifies both relaying and source/sink requirements.

> One of the tricks the WiFi folk use to keep people upgrading is to add
> a little suffix to the protocol. So folk started to look for
> 802.11a/c/n/an.
> 
> As a marketing matter, an IPv6f profile (f for FAST) might help grease
> the skids a bit.

If "f" = flawed, sure.

Joe




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