Re: JUMBO FRAMES

Is the application TCP? If it isn't, you won't see the retransmissions.

And yeah - traffic is very likely being dropped by the switch, but
lacking any command output, it's hard to say for sure :-)

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On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 08:32, Bernard Steven <buny.steven_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> What will happen if a server sends a jumbo frame to the connected switch
> that does not support (not configured) Jumbo frames ?
>
> My problem is when i capture traffic from server IF (tcpdump ) , i see large
> frames (1518<) , in the mean time , switch is not configured for JF and also
> i don't see any retransmissions in tcpdump. (assuming switch discards the
> jumbo frame). And also i dont have any visibility on the other end of the
> communication. Some how , application does not work.Switch is a 4948.
>
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