Re: Is Fragmentation at IP layer even needed ?

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On 02/08/2016 05:44 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
[...]
> The ability to consistently support 64KB packets and thus high
> throughput is potentially one of the main selling points for IPv6. I
> don't believe in trying to persuade people to move to IPv6 through
> differences in function. It will be a decade minimum before I consider
> making use of an IPv6 feature not supported in IPv4 in an application
> protocol. Performance is something else, I will encourage people to
> upgrade to get faster performance.

You mean >64KB? -- 'cause IPv4 can do 64KB packets...

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