rfc-4638

Accommodating a Maximum Transit Unit/Maximum Receive Unit (MTU/MRU) Greater Than 1492 in the Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE)

P. Arberg, D. Kourkouzelis, M. Duckett, T. Anschutz, J. Moisand

date2006-09 streamIETF areaint wgpppext statusINFORMATIONAL pages9 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4638 doi10.17487/RFC4638

The Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE), as described in RFC 2516, mandates a maximum negotiated Maximum Receive Unit (MRU) of 1492. This document outlines a solution that relaxes this restriction and allows a maximum negotiated MRU greater than 1492 to minimize fragmentation in next-generation broadband networks. This memo provides information for the Internet community.