3 Feb
2004
3 Feb
'04
2:28 p.m.
A more important question is what will happen as we move out of the 1500 byte Ethernet world into the jumbo gigE world. It's only a matter of time before end users will be running gigE networks and want to use jumbo MTUs on their Internet links.
The performance gain achieved by using jumbo frames outside of very specific LAN scenarios is highly questionable, and they're still not standardized. Are "jumbo" Internet MTUs seen as a pressing issue by ISPs and vendors these days?
-Terry
for some, yes. running 1ge is fairly common and 10ge is maturing. bleeding edge 40ge is available ... and 1500byte mtu is -not- an option. --bill