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Why Ethernet Needs Jumbo Frames

Why Ethernet Needs Jumbo Frames

Whether or not Gigabit Ethernet (and beyond) should support frame sizes (i.e. packets) larger than 1500 bytes has been a topic of great debate. With the explosive growth of Gigabit ethernet, the impact of this decision is critically important and will affect Internet performance for years to come. Most of the debate about jumbo frames [...]

7 Most Common Packet Sniffer Mistakes

7 Most Common Packet Sniffer Mistakes

1) Believing the “Intelligence” of the Software without understanding how it makes determinations. Software default settings are very seldom correct for YOU. For example, a device may say that a SQL server should respond in 50ms. But, if that device is across a WAN with a 200ms ping time–that is highly unlikely. This causes false [...]