Thread (18 messages) 18 messages, 9 authors, 2006-09-28

Re: softmac mtu

From: castet.matthieu@free.fr
Date: 2006-09-27 13:36:36

Hi,

Selon Jiri Benc [off-list ref]:
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:01:32 -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
quoted
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 07:17:31PM +0000, Matthieu CASTET wrote:
quoted
So why a special mtu handler is not implemented in 802.11 stack :
- 802.11 stack doesn't support bigger packet
- 802.11 stack doesn't support very bigger packet (with
802.11 fragmentation)
- 802.11 writers were lazy
I suspect the latter...patches welcome! :-)
d80211 supports larger MTU.
I have a patch for 802.11 linux stack.
It works for mtu like 2000 but if the packet is fragmented (with mtu = 3000 for
example) my usb dongle (zd1211) crash (doesn't work anymore until I replug it).
I need to investigate a bit.

Also I wonder what should be the max mtu.

Matthieu
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