Why packets are getting fragmented while sending if the destination server's TCP receive buffer size is lowerd ?

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Issue

  • TCP receive window size, net.ipv4.tcp_rmem has been lowered to value net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 128 1044 1044 OR net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 512 1392 4092 and then while sending data to the system where these changes are done, packets are getting fragmented.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Any version)

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