From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Aug 29 14:53:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA09714 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 14:53:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (castles153.castles.com [208.214.165.153]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA09686; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 14:53:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA08636; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 14:50:21 GMT (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Message-Id: <199808291450.OAA08636@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Alfred Perlstein cc: Bill Paul , stable@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Looking for feedback on xl (3c905/3c905B) driver In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 29 Aug 1998 17:20:09 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 14:50:20 +0000 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > ifconfig: > xl0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > inet 206.64.4.154 netmask 0xffffffc0 broadcast 206.64.4.191 > ether 00:10:4b:98:fa:3b > media: autoselect (100baseTX ) > supported media: autoselect 100baseTX 100baseTX > 100baseTX 10baseT/UTP 10baseT/UTP > 10baseT/UTP ... > btw, if i set my mtu higher you think i'll get more performance? No; 1500 is the conventional limit. If you go larger, you stop being Ethernet. ObPedantAvoidance: yes, there are standards for larger frames. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message