Linux-Hams archive - August 1997: Re: mss-window-mtu

Re: mss-window-mtu

Terry Dawson (nhpzooi.gozqjjsw@titech.ac.jp)
Tue, 26 Aug 1997 08:41:21 +1000


Julian Munoz wrote:

> That surprises me very much, that's the first time I see that in a link
> layer, that's the source of a lot of problems of incompatibility (example:
> bpq node max length is 256, tapr dsp doesn't support 1024 length.. and in
> fact, all the implementations have a limit). All the implementations work
> with 256, so that's the "de facto" standard"...
>
> My opinion is that should be setted in future revisions of ax25.

Maybe a maximum length should be set, but not 256.

It should be negotiable in connected mode, and fragmentation should
form part of any new standard for connectionless mode.

Terry