>
> > i don't want to fragment the packet as i think
> > that is too much overhead for 2 bytes. rather i
> > want to increase the mtu.
>
> why increase the mtu when you can decrease it? one
> good example is the
> PPPoE... default mtu size of pppoe is 1492 because
> of the 6 bytes pppoe
> heade
- Original Message -
From: "kamal kc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "freebsd"
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 3:18 PM
Subject: increasing the ethernet MTU greater than 1500 (1502)
i don't want to fragment the packet as i think
that is too much overhead for 2 b
On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 06:35:00PM -0800, kamal kc wrote:
>
> thanks for providing the insight. I would try
> with GigE next time.
>
> since it seems a bad option to try MTU larger than
> 1500 in 10/100 Mbps ethernet i tried another option to
> solve my problem.
Also try any number of other $5
--- Richard A Steenbergen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 10:02:07AM -0800, John-Mark
> Gurney wrote:
> > Nope, for pre-gige, only 1500 MTU is supported...
> This was extended
> > slightly to support vlan tagging, but I believe
> many of the drivers to
> > If you have a good
On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 10:02:07AM -0800, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> Nope, for pre-gige, only 1500 MTU is supported... This was extended
> slightly to support vlan tagging, but I believe many of the drivers to
> magic behind the scenes to know when the vlan tagged packets are comming,
> and let the
kamal kc wrote this message on Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 23:18 -0800:
> i tried
> -->ifconfig xl1 mtu 1502
>
> but it gave the message:
> -->ifconfig: ioctl (set mtu): invalid argument
>
> How can i increase the MTU ???
> Will it have any effect whatsoever ???
> i guess ethernet should support MTU o
dear everbody,
i have working to compress/decompress the packets.
i know there are various schemes and facilities to
do so in the freebsd, i have developed the
compression facility myself.
i am just a beginner in freebsd programming and
overall
in network programming.
since i compress packet
