Gus Wirth wrote: > James G. Sack (jim) wrote: > [snip] >> It was my understanding that GigE automatically adjusted itself so that >> crossover cables have no impact, and are never needed. > > Empirical testing shows that it works. I directly connected my laptop to > the server with a regular ethernet cable and I can transfer files just > fine. I can also up the MTU on both machines and everything still works > fine. It still doesn't transfer any faster than 100Mb/s ethernet > however. Now it's time to start playing with transmit queue lengths. And > to take the switch back. Bargin price switches don't seem to be worth it. >
Well, mtu-1500 _is_ pretty much a hardware standard, isn't it. I would expect that support for jumbo frames might command a hefty premium -- awaiting comment from net-hw experts ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
