Re: jumbograms (& em) & nfs a no go

From: Michal Mertl (mime_at_traveller.cz)
Date: 10/31/03

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To: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>

    On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Barney Wolff wrote:

    > On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 08:04:58AM -0800, Sam Leffler wrote:
    > >
    > > I've ran many jumbogram tests of machines connected with a cross-over cable
    > > and em devices at each end. If you've got a swtch in the middle make sure it
    > > does the right thing.
    >
    > Just a minor note: GigE should not require a crossover cable. It's
    > supposed to work to connect two GigE adapters with a straight-thru
    > cable. I verified this with two Intel em NICs, quite a while ago.
    > As I recall, when I used a crossover cable, I could not get the
    > adapters to go to 1000, only 100. That might have been the cable,
    > or not.

    I can confirm it works equally well with crossover as with straight cable. 

    -- 
Michal Mertl
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