Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 12:34:15 -0500 From: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com> To: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: jumbograms (& em) & nfs a no go Message-ID: <20031030173415.GA83460@pit.databus.com> In-Reply-To: <200310300804.58296.sam@errno.com> References: <20031029183808.M99053@prg.traveller.cz> <200310300804.58296.sam@errno.com>
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On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 08:04:58AM -0800, Sam Leffler wrote: > > I've ran many jumbogram tests of machines connected with a cross-over cable > and em devices at each end. If you've got a swtch in the middle make sure it > does the right thing. Just a minor note: GigE should not require a crossover cable. It's supposed to work to connect two GigE adapters with a straight-thru cable. I verified this with two Intel em NICs, quite a while ago. As I recall, when I used a crossover cable, I could not get the adapters to go to 1000, only 100. That might have been the cable, or not. -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net.
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