On Dec 1, 2010, at 5:10 PM, Christopher Chan <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote: > On Thursday, December 02, 2010 03:28 AM, Steve Thompson wrote: >> On Wed, 1 Dec 2010, Timo Schoeler wrote: >> >>> Intel. Broadcom. That's what we use here w/o any issues; however, there >>> are some Intel NICs that are *not* able to handle Jumbo Frames due to an >>> internal design glitch. >> >> Seconded. I have a load of Intel 82576 and 82571EB's, and there have been >> no issues at all, including with Jumbo frames. >> > > Please take note that some Intel 1G nics do not have jumbo frame support > at all. So you won't have issues with jumbo frames either way. The > question is whether there is jumbo frame support. From my memory those that don't do jumbo were "desktop" versions of the chipset. I believe all current manufactured models support jumbo frames. -Ross