----- "Patrick Geoffray" <patr...@myri.com> wrote: > richard.wa...@comcast.net wrote: > > > The common MTU of 1500 was not chosen arbitrarily, > > Never underestimate what a standard committee can do.
Viz the compromise of a 48 byte payload (53 byte cell) for ATM between the US and Europe.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asynchronous_transfer_mode#Why_cells.3F cheers, Chris -- Christopher Samuel - (03) 9925 4751 - Systems Manager The Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing P.O. Box 201, Carlton South, VIC 3053, Australia VPAC is a not-for-profit Registered Research Agency _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
