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Re: Sleeping before Multiperform returns a magic number

From: A. Craig West <acraigwest_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:30:19 -0400

2009/7/15 A. Craig West <acraigwest_at_gmail.com>:
> I did a quick google of "1448 bytes", and it does seem to be a rather
> common number of bytes returned in this type of situation, so I am
> pretty sure it is the MTU less headers...

Come to think of it, headers are not relevant in this case, but 1448
is the MTU for MPLS, which is the protocol used in a lot of switches,
so it is likely the lowest MTU between your client and server.
-Craig
Received on 2009-07-15