Significance of Jumbo Frames

04-08-2005, 08:31 AM

Simple question:

I work only with Pentium/WinXP/NT systems. Given that, of
what significance is jumbo frame support in switches/routers?

04-08-2005, 06:20 PM

http://sd.wareonearth.com/~phil/jumbo.html

If you're going to work on a purely gigabit network, then jumbo frame
support can be a good thing. It's not really necessary though.

Matt Gibson - GSEC

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> Simple question:
>
> I work only with Pentium/WinXP/NT systems. Given that, of
> what significance is jumbo frame support in switches/routers?
>

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