if you had a router between you and the webserver you're accessing and it's MTU is 100 bytes then the largest packet getting through it is 100 bytes. The router will break larger packets into max 100 byte packets and send them through.
"This process is called fragmentation. Fragmented packets are reassembled once they reach their destination."
The default MTU for routers is 1500 bytes which is probably the 14-15kb limit was picked.
/it's been 20 years since i was really into networks so maybe things have changed with the default MTU...
if you had a router between you and the webserver you're accessing and it's MTU is 100 bytes then the largest packet getting through it is 100 bytes. The router will break larger packets into max 100 byte packets and send them through.
"This process is called fragmentation. Fragmented packets are reassembled once they reach their destination."
The default MTU for routers is 1500 bytes which is probably the 14-15kb limit was picked.
/it's been 20 years since i was really into networks so maybe things have changed with the default MTU...