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Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 16:04:26 +0100
From: Tim Priebe <tim@polytechnic.edu.na>
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To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca>
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Subject: Re: Ethernet MTUs > 1500?
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David Gilbert wrote:
> 
> Can anyone tell me what cards do and what cards don't support larger
> packets ... or is it largely our interface code that's dropping "long"
> frames?

I am routing 1500 byte IP packets between vlans on xl interfaces after
modifying the driver. It is the only card I have tried. At the time I
was not able to attach a vlan interface to a fxp device at that time, so
I did not try on it.

Tim.


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