Re: Jumbo frame Debian Wheezy.

[Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com>]

Muhammad Yousuf Khan writes:

> i am trying to enable jumbo frame on Debian wheezy however nothing
> works.
>
> i ran a command "ifconfig eth0 mtu 9000"
>
> and receive "invalid argument"
>
> then i edit /etc/network/interfaces and added "mtu 9000"
> when i ifdown and ifup eth0
> it shows the same error "invalid argument"
>
> Please help.

It might be that your Ethernet adaptor doesn't support an MTU of
9000. For example, the maximum MTU of the adaptor in my laptop is 6122;
attempts to set the MTU to a larger value than that produces the
"SIOCSIFMTU: Invalid argument" error.


Alexis.