From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 9 10:39:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA0A416A4B3 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 10:39:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.nersc.gov (mx1.nersc.gov [128.55.6.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B332643FDF for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 10:39:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dart@nersc.gov) Received: from mx1.nersc.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.nersc.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB2B21F394; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 10:39:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gemini.nersc.gov (gemini.nersc.gov [128.55.16.111]) by mx1.nersc.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83D401F387; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 10:39:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gemini.nersc.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gemini.nersc.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED794F8EB; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 10:39:05 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4 To: "Peter J. Blok" In-Reply-To: Message from "Peter J. Blok" <200310091055.30730.pblok@inter.NL.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_-1740350304P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 10:39:05 -0700 From: Eli Dart Message-Id: <20031009173905.ED794F8EB@gemini.nersc.gov> cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Giga-bit switches X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 17:39:09 -0000 --==_Exmh_-1740350304P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In reply to "Peter J. Blok" : [snip] > My understanding is that the Giga-bit definition includes large frame support It doesn't. > and if you claim to have a Giga-bit switch you should support large frames, > unless specifically excluded. There is no IEEE standard for jumbo frames -- until there is one, many switch and router vendors aren't going to touch jumbo frames. AFAIK, the cheapest switch with jumbo support is a Dell. It's one of their more expensive switches, but it's much cheaper than something from Cisco et. al. Not all Dell switches support jumbo frames....if you want them, make sure they are listed as a feature. --eli > > So be warned. > > Peter > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --==_Exmh_-1740350304P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE/hZ05LTFEeF+CsrMRAuLyAKDej5WM3jmHvkLsSthAIgVgdniwJgCfZHig 8vEjSptSFcEZAHFdDmBjrfQ= =aDBQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-1740350304P--