On Thursday 12 July 2007, David Kelly wrote: > On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 11:21:50AM -0400, fbsd2 wrote: > > Am I missing some thing here? > > I though 10Mbps/100Mbps ends up controlling the > > max packet size traveling over the internet. > > Yes, you are missing something. > > > So if your using 10Mbps, you end up generating 10 separate > > packets versus 1 packet at 100Mbps to move the same amount of > > data. > > No, MTU stays the same. Jumbo packet support is popular for gigabit > ethernet but MTU is generally limited to 1500 for external internet > connections.
The ethernet port being 10mbps is only a problem if your being sold more than 10mbps of bandwidth, in which case it would be a bottleneck. Since the cable provider is installing these modems it would seem they aren't trying to sell higher link speeds than that. -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel
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