IP MTU Discovery (mtudisc) -------------------------- Charter Last Modified: 07/27/1997 Current Status: Concluded Working Group Chair(s): J Mogul Internet Area Director(s): Thomas Narten Erik Nordmark Internet Area Advisor: Thomas Narten Mailing Lists: General Discussion:mtudwg@decwrl.dec.com To Subscribe: mtudwg-request@decwrl.dec.com Archive: Description of Working Group: The MTU Discovery Working Group is chartered to produce an RFC defining an official standard for an IP MTU Discovery Option. ``MTU Discovery'' is a process whereby an end-host discovers the smallest MTU along a path over which it is sending datagrams, with the aim of avoiding fragmentation. Goals and Milestones: OCT 89 Encourage the participation of gateway implementors, since the MTU discovery process affects the design and performance of IP gateways. Done Unless the proposal in RFC 1063 is acceptable, write a new RFC describing a different approach. Done Decide if the proposal in RFC 1063 is sufficient, or if there are flaws to be corrected, or possible improvements to be made. Or, decide that it is unwise to create an official standard. Done Encourage sample implementations of end-host and gateway portions of MTU Discovery for popular software (BSD-derived kernels, primarily). Encourage rapid implementation by major gateway vendors, since this option is relatively useless without widespread support. Internet-Drafts: No Current Internet-Drafts. Request For Comments: RFC Stat Published Title ------- -- ----------- ------------------------------------ RFC1191 DS NOV 90 Path MTU Discovery