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Glossary: TCP/IP in Depth, Part 2

fragmentation needed

Also written: ICMP fragmentation needed

An ICMP destination unreachable message a router sends when a packet is too big for the next link and its DF flag is set. It tells the sender to shrink its packets, and blocking it causes a PMTU black hole.

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Related terms

path MTU discoveryDF flagPMTU black hole