James Carlson wrote: >> I see that there is a e1000g.conf in /kernel/drv/ directory but by updating >> this file will it help with the setting of increasing MTU on the loopback? >> Is there other ways to increase throughput through the loopback? >> > > 'e1000g' is an Ethernet driver. It has nothing to do with loopback. > >
This raises an interesting question, though. Will IP use the link MTU for packets that are ultimately to itself. I.e. packets that are going to be looped back in IP, but are not for the 127.0.0.0 subnet. It seems that in such cases it could use a potentially much larger MTU for packets that a really just going to be redirected back to self, even when the IP address is associated with an interface that has a much smaller MTU. -- Garrett _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
