UDP which does not support "packet segmentation and re-assembly"

UDP layers on top of IP, which does fragment packets that are larger than the MTU. Reassembly happens at the final destination, so while you may not see all IP fragments of a large UDP packet while they are in transit, you should be able to see the full UDP packet at both source and destination.

the network sill silently drop packets larger than the MTU

That makes it sound like any UDP packets larger than the MTU will silently be dropped, which isn't the case. UDP packets may be dropped silently, however there isn't a general rule tying this to the MTU. If the IP "don't fragment" bit is set and the packet is larger than the MTU, it may be discarded, but it should generate an ICMP "Fragmentation Required" message.

In reply to Re^2: Getting packets over 1500 Bytes pcap. by Anonymous Monk
in thread Getting packets over 1500 Bytes pcap. by Anonymous Monk

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