[131860] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: RINA - scott whaps at the nanog hornets nest :-)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sthaug@nethelp.no)
Sat Nov 6 17:36:41 2010
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2010 22:34:41 +0100 (CET)
To: mpetach@netflight.com
From: sthaug@nethelp.no
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikMM6S8eCm1V=GjEQ=5+6MOx6xeja7xea++DZFF@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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> Completely agree with you on that point. I'd love to see Equinix, AMSIX, LINX,
> DECIX, and the rest of the large exchange points put out statements indicating
> their ability to transparently support jumbo frames through their
> fabrics, or at
> least indicate a roadmap and a timeline to when they think they'll be able to
> support jumbo frames throughout the switch fabrics.
The Netnod IX in Sweden has offered 4470 MTU for many years. From
http://www.netnod.se/technical_information.shtml
"One VLAN handles standard sized Ethernet frames (MTU <1500 bytes) and
one handles Ethernet Jumbo frames with MTU-size 4470 bytes."
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
