Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 05:15:07 -0400 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: rohit@cs.UMD.EDU Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Giant Sized Ethernet Packets Message-ID: <27177.843124507@orion.webspan.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 18 Sep 1996 22:33:53 EDT." <199609190233.WAA18658@darling.cs.UMD.EDU>
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rohit@cs.UMD.EDU wrote in message ID <199609190233.WAA18658@darling.cs.UMD.EDU>: > I was wondering if it is possible to send giant sized ethernet packets (>1500 > bytes say 1550) using the current 'de' driver for the SMC 10/100 DEC 21140 > cards. > If not, would somebody know if this is possible with the above h/w > at all? > Any pointers to other h/w over which giant packets are possible would > be appreciated. You can't without violating the IEE 802.3 specs for Ethernet, from what I remember. To go to larger packet sizes use FDDI. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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