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Re: jumbo frames?
From:
Todd And Margo Chester <[log in to unmask]>
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Todd And Margo Chester <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:03:10 -0700
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On 08/27/2012 03:41 PM, jdow wrote:
> On 2012/08/27 15:32, Todd And Margo Chester wrote:
>> On 08/27/2012 03:16 PM, jdow wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>> ifconfig comes to mind.
>>> {^_^}
>>>
>>
>> $ ifconfig virbr0
>> virbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 52:54:00:EB:2D:7B
>>            inet addr:192.168.122.1  Bcast:192.168.122.255
>> Mask:255.255.255.0
>>            UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>            RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>            TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>>            RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>>
>> What am I looking for?
>>
>
> MTU:1500
>
> This interface is not doing jumbo frames.
>
> Betcha this shows the same thing:
> cat /sys/class/net/virbr0/mtu
>
> (Or find it under /sys/devices/virtual/net possibly.)
> Mess with it carefully.
>
> {^_^}
>

I would loose that bet:

$ cat /sys/class/net/virbr0/mtu
1500

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