Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:13:49 +0100 (CET) From: Michal Mertl <mime@traveller.cz> To: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: jumbograms (& em) & nfs a no go Message-ID: <20031031151312.Y55560@prg.traveller.cz> In-Reply-To: <20031030173415.GA83460@pit.databus.com> References: <20031029183808.M99053@prg.traveller.cz> <200310300804.58296.sam@errno.com> <20031030173415.GA83460@pit.databus.com>
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On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Barney Wolff wrote: > 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. I can confirm it works equally well with crossover as with straight cable. -- Michal Mertl
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