Thank you very much. I'll read docs on the link's page tomorrow and see if I can get any speed up.... ;-))
El mar, 04-02-2003 a las 19:56, Jack Coates escribi�: > On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 10:38, ddc_prueba wrote: > > Hello world... > > > > I was to play with MTU ethernet parameter in my LAN to see if I can get > > any speed improvement and found out that I can't get it more than > > 1500!!! Here is command and error: > > > > [root@athlon root]# ifconfig eth0 mtu 1600 > > SIOCSIFMTU: Invalid argument > > > > [root@athlon root]# ifconfig eth0 mtu 1500 > > (no error) > > > > But if I do 'ifconfig' alone it shows me that lo (local loopback > > interface) has a MTU=16436 !!!! > > > > Why can't I get my eth0 card to that MTU (even if it would make net > > slower)??? > > > > Thanx to all gurus out there!!! > > http://www.ethermanage.com/ethernet/ethernet.html > > Some very good reading there... > > Basically, 1500 is the MTU of the specification and that's all that the > physical hardware is going to support. You can go smaller in which case > it will be padded out with zeroes by the driver, or you can go smaller > because you're using a virtual device that tunnels over something else > (PPPoE, L2TP, PPTP). Gigabit gear does support a jumbo frame, but it > isn't always used and isn't something to muck with lightly. > > -- > Jack Coates > Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Diego Dominguez __/\__ | | Andalucia / \ Spain \ / |__ __| \/ ___________________________________________________ Yahoo! M�viles Personaliza tu m�vil con tu logo y melod�a favorito en http://moviles.yahoo.es
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