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BGP Path MTU Discovery (PMTUD)

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series MTU

BGP PMTUD allows BGP to discover the smallest MTU value on a path so that BGP messages are transmitted based on the path MTU. BGP packets are encapsulated in TCP

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MTU, IPv4 PMTUD, IPv6 PMTUD

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series MTU

MTU A maximum transmission unit (MTU) is the largest length of a packet that can be transmitted out of an interface toward a destination. When the word MTU is used