Glossary: TCP/IP in Depth, Part 2
MSS
Also written: maximum segment size
A TCP option giving the most data a side accepts in one segment. On Ethernet it is 1,500 bytes of MTU minus 40 bytes of IP and TCP headers, which is 1,460.
Glossary: TCP/IP in Depth, Part 2
Also written: maximum segment size
A TCP option giving the most data a side accepts in one segment. On Ethernet it is 1,500 bytes of MTU minus 40 bytes of IP and TCP headers, which is 1,460.