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: LS-XHL - Jumbo Frames
: imouti March 20, 2009, 12:49:56 AM

   I have been experimenting a bit with the Jumbo Frame Feature, it seems that I get the best transfer rate at the default setting of 1518. NIC and switch both support Jumbo Frames.  Anyone out there figure out optimal settings?

: Re: LS-XHL - Jumbo Frames
: davo March 21, 2009, 04:09:17 AM

   This is entirely down to your network topology. If your gigabit network supports Jumbo frames then you will see a sizeable increase in transfer rates, if not you linkstation might crash from your network altogether.

: Re: - Jumbo Frames on this drive = useless
: imouti March 23, 2009, 09:20:26 PM

   After testing all jumbo frame possibilities it is evident that the default, smallest jumbo frame size produces the optimal transfer rate.  Unfortunately  after around 5 MB sized files, caching on the drive no longer works, hence the larger jumbo frame feature is useless.   Some comprehensive testing has been done by the reviewer below:

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30760/75/1/2/