MTU:maximum transmission unit,最大传输单元,由硬件规定,如以太网的MTU为1500字节。
MSS:maximum segment size,最大分节大小,为TCP数据包每次传输的最大数据分段大小,
一般由发送端向对端TCP通知对端在每个分节中能发送的最大TCP数据。
MSS值为MTU值减去IPv4 Header(20 Byte)和TCP header(20 Byte)得到。
node1发送到node2:
22:37:31.588659 IP node1.47322 > node2.discard: Flags [S], seq 1368220320, win 2560, options [mss 256,sackOK,TS val 25983697 ecr 0,nop,wscale 6], length 0
22:37:31.588901 IP node2.discard > node1.47322: Flags [S.], seq 2351798279, ack 1368220321, win 2440, options [mss 256,sackOK,TS val 239126 ecr 25983697,nop,wscale 7], length 0
22:37:31.588995 IP node1.47322 > node2.discard: Flags [.], ack 2351798280, win 40, options [nop,nop,TS val 25983698 ecr 239126], length 0
22:37:31.589371 IP node1.47322 > node2.discard: Flags [.], seq 1368220321:1368221297, ack 2351798280, win 40, options [nop,nop,TS val 25983698 ecr 239126], length 976
22:37:31.589439 IP node1.4732