Path MTU (pmtu) discovery is not working

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Red Hat host is not always obeying ICMP fragmentation needed packets from the router.
  • ip_no_pmtu_disc is not set but RHEL is still sending large frames.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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