9000 is the limit on gigabit ethernet, other media type have different
maximum frame sizes (ie 4470 on fddi, 9216 on pos oc12 interfaces).
On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Olivier Galibert wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 11:05:13AM +0300, Matti Aarnio wrote:
> > > Some devices do, however, support reception (and transmit) of what
> > > is called "jumbograms". With boomerang you can set a register
> > > to contain the limit value. Alternatively with boomerang, and
> > > its predecessors, you can set a bit to accept extra-large frames.
> > >
> > > I recall the ultimate limit is in order of 4kB.
> >
> > Actually, in my experience jumbograms are usually 9000 bytes.
>
> To assist in searching for info, I've also seen the terms "jumbo packets"
> and "jumbo frames."
>
>
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