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Adlopa1
Sep 29, 2010Aspirant
Enabling Jumbo Frames breaks ReadyNAS Ultra
I've just upgraded from a ReadyNAS NV to an Ultra. I'm on a gigabit network, with Jumbo Frames (9000) enabled on my Mac. This set-up worked fine with the NV, but as soon as I enable Jumbo Frames on th...
Adlopa1
Oct 01, 2010Aspirant
TeknoJnky wrote: some routers just can't handle 9k fames.
to change the mtu, diable the jumbo frames and set it to 7500 or whatever.
Easier said than done — the Ultra will only accept MTU settings of 1400 - 1500 with jumbo frames disabled, hence the need for an alternative way of setting it.
(No new router firmware, either...)
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