How to view MTU size in Wireshark

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I've been reading about maximum transmission unit (MTU) which is the size of the largest protocol data unit (PDU) that can be communicated in a single, network layer, transaction.

I'm generating a few network traffic right now and capture it in Wireshark, unfortunately I'm not sure which one is the MTU size value in PCAP file.

Please let me know how to inspect this value in Wireshark.

Best Answer

There is nothing in the packet that will tell you what the MTU is. It's an attribute of an interface. The MTU can vary along the path from source to destination. So for example, the link from A to B might have an MTU of X, but the link from B to C, might be Y. There's no way to tell from the PCAP file.

You might be able to infer the MTU value of some link the packet traveled if you see fragmented packets. But that would be an educated guess at best.

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