How 1500 bytes became the MTU of the internet
So they just picked an arbitrary number that felt right? I expected the story to be more interesting than that, given the title. Still, there was some interesting trivia surrounding the core question.<p>Reminds me of the IPv6 adoption problem: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14986324" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14986324</a>