Re: Ethernet Line Tuning

        Have a look at this presentation,
        http://www.psc.edu/networking/tcptune/slides/index.htm

        It's just something I bookmarked a while ago when I came across it..

        JMS...
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Jeffrey Silberberg
CompuDesigns, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia  30350-5640
(770) 399-9464

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charly Jones" <charly301@hotmail.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 10:31 PM
Subject: RE: Ethernet Line Tuning



>From: James Rich <james@eaerich.com>
>
>Earlier in this thread some mentioned using a packet size of 1496 over
>ethernet.  Every manual I've read says to use 1500.  Every system on our
>network uses 1500.  That is also the default on iSeries and unix machines.
>

I heard 1492 was the magic number.  This is the "Maximum frame size" I
think.  And I heard it in Rochester last week, so it must be right.

--  Charly


"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten programmers and
deluge the hobby market with good software."  -  Bill Gates in 1976

"We are still waiting..."  -  Alan Cox in 2002

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Charly Jones
253 265-6244
Gig Harbor
Washington USA



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