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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: sungem - ifconfig eth0 mtu 1300 -> oops
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 11:04:59 -0400
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Chris Friesen wrote:
> Just a quick question.  Does the sungem chip support jumbo frames?  I'd 
> like to use MTU of 9000 to make large local transfers more efficient, 
> but it didn't seem to work last time I checked.


Are you 100% certain you configured the other side to support jumbo?

Jumbo frames are non-standard, and sometimes require configuring MTU on 
the switch or remote network card (if directly connected).

	Jeff