Dylan Griffiths wrote:
> I have a gigE switch I bought last year when I upgraded my LAN to
> gigabit, but it's rather limited. It doesn't support jumbo frames at
> all, and when I have a connection that crosses over from the slower
> 100Mbit segment, I get random pauses in the traffic (noticed via SSH
> and also between Myth front end and backend).
> Does anyone have any suggestions for a decent (jumbo frame
> supporting, non-bad-boundary handling) switch? 5 or 8 ports are fine,
> preferably less than $100. Thanks.
Look at either SMC or Netgear. Both of them make consumer grade, "dumb"
switches that support jumbo frames and perform quite well. You should be
able to track one down at NCIX or similar for a sub $100 price.
Note that IIRC, if you have jumbo frames on the gigabit segment, you'll
need a smart device (router, Linux box, etc) in between it and the 100
mbit segment to adjust the frame sizing.
Graeme
Received on Wed Mar 14 22:16:08 2007
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