What is the minimum size of an Ethernet frame that carries an IP packet which in turn carries an ICMP packet? What is the maximum size? The minimum size of an ...

O.k. a question regarding jumbo frames (or for that matter regular ethernet frame sizes) and how they relate to DSL frame sizes. I know jumbo frames have an MTU > 9000 and regular ethernet is about ...

The IEEE task force weighing whether and how to expand the size of Ethernet frames met again last week and made a couple of key decisions. Earlier this year, the study group looking at the possibility ...

Ethernet is a frame-based data communication technology that employs variable-sized frames to carry a data payload. This contrasts with long-haul Optical Transport Networks (OTN) that use fixed-sized ...

In a meeting last week, an ad hoc group in the IEEE decided to request a study group be formed to look into expanding the size of Ethernet frames. This is not something the IEEE undertakes lightly.

While Jumbo Frames technology remains in standards limbo, those who have used the technology for years continue to extol the virtues of stretching out the standard Ethernet frame size to boost Gigabit ...

One wouldn't think that finding out the maximum transfer unit (MTU) over Ethernet would be that difficult but the books I have consulted don't make it very clear, at least to me.<BR><BR>First, does ...

Unlimited frame sizes and increased through-put could soon be attainable with the introduction of Jumbo Ethernet, writes John Geralds. Jumbo Ethernet technology is poised to boost overstretched ...