Re: JUMBO FRAMES

Those retransmissions are implemented on the application layer and may
not be seen as such unless you were specifically looking for them. On
the other hand, TCP retransmissions will be immediately identified as
such. Have you ever used tcpdump?

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On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 13:19, Carlos G Mendioroz <tron_at_huapi.ba.ar> wrote:
> Why is that you won't see retransmissions if it is not TCP ?
> Try SIP over UDP, you will see retransmissions.
> NFS over UDP ? Same thing.
> Just because TCP is not in charge of them does not mean they will not take
> place :)
> -Carlos
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> Marko Milivojevic @ 8/6/2011 15:34 -0300 dixit:
>>
>> 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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