Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:45:40 -0500 From: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: fbsd2 <fbsd2@a1poweruser.com>, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Subject: Re: 10Mbps versus 100Mbps Cable Modems Message-ID: <200707121545.43465.josh@tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <20070712161106.GB7989@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> References: <20070711174502.GB1435@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBKENBCEAA.fbsd2@a1poweruser.com> <20070712161106.GB7989@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thursday 12 July 2007, David Kelly wrote: > On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 11:21:50AM -0400, fbsd2 wrote: > > Am I missing some thing here? > > I though 10Mbps/100Mbps ends up controlling the > > max packet size traveling over the internet. > > Yes, you are missing something. > > > So if your using 10Mbps, you end up generating 10 separate > > packets versus 1 packet at 100Mbps to move the same amount of > > data. > > No, MTU stays the same. Jumbo packet support is popular for gigabit > ethernet but MTU is generally limited to 1500 for external internet > connections. The ethernet port being 10mbps is only a problem if your being sold more than 10mbps of bandwidth, in which case it would be a bottleneck. Since the cable provider is installing these modems it would seem they aren't trying to sell higher link speeds than that. -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBGlpL3JvkB8SevrssRAis5AJsEFY0Tz/3Nr5dmlPUygtC7pCHuhgCfZX6P DNQ3mkOwwAH7l/Sc0eoNDDM= =Wr7+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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