Re: Controlling IPv6 MTU

[Ignatios Souvatzis <is%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:34:40AM -0500, David Young wrote:
> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 09:23:08AM +0100, Roy Marples wrote:
...
> > I'm currently debugging dhcpcd with it's own RA implementation of
> > handling
> > addresses and routes and this is one wall I'm hitting as my local setup
> > requires a lower MTU than 1500 and forcing a lower MTU for IPv4
> > isn't desirable.
...
> It sounds to me like you may intend to set an MTU on a per-interface
> basis that is actually applicable (or not) on a per-destination basis.
> 
> Why don't you use the MTU in the RA to set the initial MTU on the routes
> that dhcpcd installs?

Seconded. If you want to have it v6-specific, the route is the place
to do it...

        -is
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