On Dec 14, 2009, at 12:57 PM, Alex Chekholko wrote:
Set it as high as you can; there is no downside except ensuring all
your devices are set to handle that large unit size. Typically, if
the
device doesn't support jumbo frames, it just drops the jumbo frames
silently, which can result in odd intermittent problems.
You can test it by using the size parameter with ping:
$ ping -s <size_in_bytes> <host>
If they all drop, then you have exceeded the MTU of some device.
Scott
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