[CentOS] Cannot set MTU != 1500 on Intel NIC
Timo Schoeler
timo.schoeler at riscworks.net
Fri Aug 20 09:03:32 UTC 2010
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thus JohnS spake:
> On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 10:17 +0200, Timo Schoeler wrote:
>> (from http://downloadmirror.intel.com/15817/eng/README.txt)
> ---
> I read that also. Will they work without using the Intel Driver? As in
> using the kernel driver in the kernel. Seems to me it should because
> the e1000 is a fairly popular card.
Sure, first I tried with the CentOS driver.
> Since you can't set the mtu you may benefit from setting the tcp values
> in sysctl.conf.
Nope, unfortunately I'm forced to have that MTU. However, we just
swapped the switch port using the Switch's management so that the NIC
that's able to do >1500 MTU get's the traffic in question.
So, I have a solution, but it doesn't solve the problem (regarding the
NIC itself)...
> John
Timo
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