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Re: [Reply] Re: UPC and AAL5 PDUs
>>>>> "Alfonso" == Alfonso Gonzalez <e0192388@brookes.ac.uk> writes:
Alfonso> Thanks for the interest Uwe.
>> The maximum SDU/PDU size in AAL5 is 65535.
Alfonso> But what is the actual PDU size used? On what factors does
Alfonso> this size depend?
The official MTU for IP over ATM is 9180. For LAN Emulation (Ethernet
format) it's the FDDI frame size (~4500) -- interestingly enough, NOT
the Ethernet limit.
In practice I'd expect frames to be <= 1500 in many cases, for example
if you're talking to hosts that reside on Ethernet.
paul
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