Re: Gigabit switch recomendations?

From: Scott Wunsch <slg_at_no.spam.please>
Date: Thu Mar 15 2007 - 09:54:09 CST

On Wed, 14-Mar-2007 at 23:09:58 -0600, Jason Ish wrote:

> I'd have to test to be sure it works that way on the GS608, but thats
> the idea. The switch should detect that it can't send the large
> frame out a port and then send back an ICMP 'fragmentation needed'
> message to the originator.

How does a layer 2 switch understand IP flags like DF, and know how to
send ICMP messages?
Received on Thu Mar 15 09:54:27 2007

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