Re: Cannot set MTU != 1500 on Intel NIC

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thus JohnS spake:
> On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 10:17 +0200, Timo Schoeler wrote:
>> (from http://downloadmirror.intel.com/15817/eng/README.txt)
> ---
> I read that also.  Will they work without using the Intel Driver?  As in
> using the kernel driver in the kernel.  Seems to me it should because
> the e1000 is a fairly popular card.  

Sure, first I tried with the CentOS driver.

> Since you can't set the mtu you may benefit from setting the tcp values
> in sysctl.conf.

Nope, unfortunately I'm forced to have that MTU. However, we just
swapped the switch port using the Switch's management so that the NIC
that's able to do >1500 MTU get's the traffic in question.

So, I have a solution, but it doesn't solve the problem (regarding the
NIC itself)...

> John

Timo
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