On Mon, 26 May 2014 17:47:06 Toby Corkindale wrote:
> You definitely want to be using jumbo frames for gig ethernet; I
> advise using ethernet chipsets with hardware off-load as well, and
> ensure it's enabled at boot.


Not always, it's a PITA to configure and most networks don't need it.  My home 
network is running at 100baseT and I don't have problems with that speed.

> I don't understand why you're worried about enabling the jumbo frames
> though. It doesn't break backwards compatibility. Your 100baseT stuff
> will continue to function fine.

Except that a switch will drop a jumbo packet destined for a non-jumbo port.  
So you can have situations where things work at low speed but break as soon as 
you send lots of data and get a larger TCP segment size.

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