RE: jumbo frames

Greg Maxwell wrote:

that it makes sence to use jumbo frames between routers when they are encapsulating packets from links with a 1500b mtu, so you don't have to reduce your MTU to 1450 or fragment, i.e. endnode-ether-router>tunnel-jumbo_ether-router-jumbo-ether-tunnel>router-et h-end

Thank you. This explains why jumbo frames make sense. Without the context that there are tunnels, statements about performance gains appeared to be subjective. Tony