BOOTP/DHCP option 25, Path MTU Plateau Table

Description:

Length:4+ bytes total.

This option specifies a table of MTU sizes to use when performing Path MTU Discovery. The table is formatted as a list of values, ordered from smallest to largest.


MAC header IP header UDP header BOOTP header BOOTP/DHCP option Data :::
MAC header IP header UDP header DHCP header BOOTP/DHCP option Data :::

BOOTP/DHCP option 25:

0001020304050607 0809101112131415 1617181920212223 2425262728293031
Code Length Value [] :::

Code. 8 bits. Always set to 25.
Option code.

Length. 8 bits. 2+ in multiples of 2.
Size of the option data in bytes.

Value. 16 bits, unsigned integer. 68 to 0xFFFF.
MTU.


RFCs:

[RFC 2132] DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions.


Obsolete RFCs:

[RFC 1533] DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions.