Jason Ish wrote:
> In my quick test here, it did not work. I have 2 Linux hosts, Ubuntu
> Edgy and CentOS 4.4 both connected to my switch. I set the MTU to
> 4500 and attempted to send some ICMP PINGs of 2k or so. It appears
> that this switch is dropping them. The originator did not start to
> fragment the packets.
>
Ok, so my original suspicions are probably correct for dumb switches
then, that you'll need a smart host in between 100 and 1000mbit
segments. However, it's probably cheaper to buy a $300 netgear managed
gigabit switch or something than building a router to put between
segments, and it'll certainly be better on power consumption. ;)
G
Received on Thu Mar 15 12:58:29 2007
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