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Asked: 2026-05-26T16:06:43+00:00

I am seeing a strange thing which is not what I expect as per

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I am seeing a strange thing which is not what I expect as per the TCP theory:

The client while doing a handshake sets a MSS (Maximum Segment Size) of 1360 and a window size of 64K but the Linux server is sending TCP packets containing either 4KB, 7KB, some packets of 8KB which is more than 1360 and I expected it to be less than 1360 bytes.

I observed this by doing a tcpdump and then inspecting it in Wireshark.

I did not expect the server to send more than 1360 bytes per TCP packet. Am I wrong somewhere in my theoretical understanding of the workings of TCP?

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  1. Editorial Team

    First of all as @fernacolo stated don’t confuse MSS and MTU.

    Maybe generic-segmentation-offload of your interface is on – read here for more info.

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