Re: using non-default MTU for some hosts

["Martin P. Hellwig" <mhellwig@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> Matthew Dillon wrote in <200410300330.i9U3UOHn096610@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>
> > :You'd probably configure normally with ifconfig, and then use 'route' to
> > :create a static route to "mi" that uses the different MTU size, and then
> > :again for "pandora".  i.e. 1500 is the default, and 8000 is the special
> > :case.  I'm saying this without having tried it, of course.
>
>
> >    It's worth a shot.  I'm not sure if the interface mtu is a cap or just
> >    a suggested default.
>
>
> How do you even add an explicit route to a machine already on the local
> network? Did anybody ever try that? Thanks!
>
>  -mi

I seem to fail the see the logic in this, IMHO when a device is 
reachable on its MAC layer and if the other node is on the same subnet, 
the NIC will always try to reach that node directly?

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