On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 04:40:13PM -0400, John C. Lin wrote: > (Sorry, if this is a FAQ) > > I noticed that the 802.1Q ARP frame size generated by the Linux driver > (V1.8) is only 64 octets (not 68 octets). > > It seems the minimum frame size for 802.1Q is 68 octets. As far as I know, the minimum frame size is 64 octets, since the minimum frame size is determined by the media and timing. Sort of between l1 and l2 ISO layers. 1Q is a sort of l3-ish l2. http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=21320&seqNum=4&rl=1 says something sane about bit times and framesizes. Anyway, if I recall correctly, there also was something like that there were bugs in firmware in certain kind of switches that assumed that 1Q means a minimum framesize of 68 bytes. Feel free to correct me :-) -- begin LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.txt.vbs I am a signature virus. Distribute me until the bitter end
