Re: jumbograms (& em) & nfs a no go

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Barney Wolff wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 08:04:58AM -0800, Sam Leffler wrote:
> >
> > I've ran many jumbogram tests of machines connected with a cross-over cable
> > and em devices at each end.  If you've got a swtch in the middle make sure it
> > does the right thing.
>
> Just a minor note: GigE should not require a crossover cable.  It's
> supposed to work to connect two GigE adapters with a straight-thru
> cable.  I verified this with two Intel em NICs, quite a while ago.
> As I recall, when I used a crossover cable, I could not get the
> adapters to go to 1000, only 100.  That might have been the cable,
> or not.

I can confirm it works equally well with crossover as with straight cable.

-- 
Michal Mertl