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[Nathan Raymond]

Yes, last I checked, Apple only supports jumbo frames on the
Broadcom-based gig-e cards they bundle with systems like the XServe.
Looking in /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext, inside
AppleBCM5701Ethernet.kext, inside Info.plist, /Root/IOKitPersonalities/PCI
Matching/IONameMatch it seems the driver will support cards with the
following PCI identifiers:

pci106b,8
pci106b,9
pci14e4,16a6
pci14e4,1648
pci14e4,165d

Of course, even if you get one of those Broadcom cards, the NetGear GS105
won't support jumbo frames anyway, AFAIK.

--
Nathan Raymond

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Kevin wrote:

> As of my last call to Apple, late last year, none of their
> equipment/software supported jumbo frames.
>
> Actually at that time the Xserve had just gotten support via a
> software change, but no desktop or laptop units could do jumbos.
> I put in a feature request but i don't think that was going to
> help much :|
>
> /KRM
>
> On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 22:34:39 -0500
> Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 10:28:02PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> > > For people that can't afford to replace their entire
> > > infrastructure, $800 24-port unmanaged copper gigabit
> > > switches and $30 PCI copper gigabit ethernet cards (with a
> > > semi-non-sucky Realtek chipset, unlike their 10/100 stuff) is
> > > a damn nice improvement over 100baseT.
> >
> > Wow, NetGear GS105 5-port 10/100/1000 switch is now $80ish, my
> > mac has gig ethernet built in, and I can put it in Amy's
> > machine for ~25-30.
> >
> > I may go gigabit on the local network for just over a hundred
> > bucks soon..
> >
> > (with a 10/100 interface on the PIX and a 6 meg / 608 kilobit
> > Net connection,
> >  talk about a bottleneck..)
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > --
> > bill bradford
> > austin texas
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