Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 14:50:20 +0000 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> Cc: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Looking for feedback on xl (3c905/3c905B) driver Message-ID: <199808291450.OAA08636@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 29 Aug 1998 17:20:09 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980829171012.8441A-100000@bright.fx.genx.net>
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> ifconfig: > xl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 206.64.4.154 netmask 0xffffffc0 broadcast 206.64.4.191 > ether 00:10:4b:98:fa:3b > media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX > <half-duplex> 100baseTX 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP > <half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP ... > btw, if i set my mtu higher you think i'll get more performance? No; 1500 is the conventional limit. If you go larger, you stop being Ethernet. ObPedantAvoidance: yes, there are standards for larger frames. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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