Re: Ethernet NAPs (was Re: Miami ...)

[RJ Atkinson <rja () inet org>]

At 11:14 23/08/01, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
> On a GigE interface with jumbo frames where the other side on the
> same ethernet might not support jumbo frames that is probably not
> the case. The packet will simply get dropped and the sender will
> never know why it was dropped.

        Folks sending anything larger than IEEE standard frame sizes
on any Ethernet need to be sure to re-configure all the equipment
accordingly and test the whole subnet out thoroughly.  For now, 
there seems to be no substitute for that (and yes, it is 
a fair bit of work).  As near as I can tell, all switches ship
with IEEE-standard MTU as the default, so require manual operator
reconfiguration to support any larger frame size.

Ran
rja () inet org