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>> I thought it was an IPv6 packet with payload >= 2^16 bytes.
>> rfc2675
>
>"Jumbo Frames" are (gigabit) ethernet data frames holding up to
>9 Kbytes.  I am certain "jumbogram" is referring to the same thing.

	in IPv6, as hal mentioned, jumbogram means patckets with >= 2^16  bytes.
	usual terminology confusion.  in this thread, it should mean
	GbE jumbo frames - we need to understand the meaning of the word
	in context dependent manner...

itojun

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