Re: UDP bugs

David S. Miller (davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com)
Sun, 13 Dec 1998 01:25:23 -0800


Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 20:18:58 +1100
From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>

David S. Miller writes:
> Are you considering the size of IP and UDP headers? Those must be
> factored in.

I was under the impression that the payload capacity was 65535
bytes. And if it were true that the headers steal capacity, then why
can Solaris 2.5.1 send a full 65535 byte packet?

Sounds like you found a bug in Solaris, not in Linux...

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com

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