RFC 4459 describes how tunnelling (IP-in-IP, GRE, L2TP, IPsec) adds encapsulation headers, so a source must size packets to fit the smallest MTU on the path after encapsulation.
Checked 2026-10-02
- Vendor
- not restricted
- Product
- not restricted
- Subsystem
- Tunnel MTU
- Deployment
- on-premises, multi-tenant
- Region
- not restricted
- Release range
- Informational RFC as published
- Checked
- 2026-10-02
Sources
- RFC 4459: MTU and Fragmentation Issues with In-the-Network Tunneling — RFC Editor (IETF) · tier 1 standards and regulators · Section 1 Introduction
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). Troubleshooting failed calls caused by large SIP messages over UDP: source note sip-fragmentation-troubleshooting-rfc4459-tunnel-mtu. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-fragmentation-troubleshooting-rfc4459-tunnel-mtu
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-fragmentation-troubleshooting-rfc4459-tunnel-mtu,
title = {Troubleshooting failed calls caused by large SIP messages over UDP: source note sip-fragmentation-troubleshooting-rfc4459-tunnel-mtu},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-fragmentation-troubleshooting-rfc4459-tunnel-mtu},
note = {Source note sip-fragmentation-troubleshooting-rfc4459-tunnel-mtu, checked 2026-10-02}
}