0879: TCP maximum segment size and related topics.

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This memo discusses the TCP Maximum Segment Size and its relation to the IP Maximum Datagram Size. TCP is specified in reference [1]. IP is specified in references [2,3].

Status UNKNOWN
Format TXT=22024 bytes
Authors
Date November 1983
Keyphrases TCP size datagram IP

References

RFC783: TFTP Protocol (revision 2).
RFC791: Internet Protocol.
RFC792: Internet Control Message Protocol.
RFC793: Transmission Control Protocol.
RFC826: Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol: Or converting network protocol addresses to 48.bit Ethernet address for transmission on Ethernet hardware. David

Referenced by

RFC0901: Official ARPA-Internet protocols.
RFC0924: Official ARPA-Internet protocols for connecting personal computers to the Internet.
RFC0944: Official ARPA-Internet protocols.
RFC0961: Official ARPA-Internet protocols.
RFC0991: Official ARPA-Internet protocols.
RFC1011: Official Internet protocols.
RFC1012: Bibliography of Request For Comments 1 through 999.
RFC1134: Point-to-Point Protocol: A proposal for multi-protocol transmission of datagrams over Point-to-Point links.
RFC1171: Point-to-Point Protocol for the transmission of multi-protocol datagrams over Point-to-Point links.
RFC1188: Proposed Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over FDDI Networks.
RFC1191: Path MTU discovery.
RFC1332: The PPP Internet Protocol Control Protocol (IPCP).
RFC1390: Transmission of IP and ARP over FDDI Networks.
RFC2923: TCP Problems with Path MTU Discovery.
RFC4614: A Roadmap for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification Documents.