[Pc_Support] Re: ABS 8-Port, 5-Port GbE Switch -- VSC7388, VSC7385 (Blog article)

[Derek Konigsberg]

> Derek Konigsberg <octo at logicprobe.org> wrote:
>> Yes, they *do* have 802.3x support.  At least according to what my
>> Intel 470F switch tells me ... cut ...
>
> Sorry, I mixed my response.  I meant the GA620 card.
Yes, and I responded with info showing that the GA620 had 802.3x, if you 
read after where you put the "... cut ...".

>> First of all, why would you pay for a layer-3 switch if you have
>> absolutely no intention/desire/need to do routing inside that
>> switch?
>
> So I can mix 1500 byte MTU and 9000 byte MTU clients.
> You can_not_ mix the two on the same layer-2 network.  ;->

But with a proper managed layer-2 switch, you can have multiple VLANs 
which could use different MTUs.  The whole point is that you can break 
the switch into multiple layer-2 networks.  I seriously think you're 
getting your layers mixed up, since none of this requires *any* layer-3 
functionality on the switch. 
(where layer-3 implies something like IP, and this is all in ethernet)

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Derek Konigsberg
octo at logicprobe.org
http://hecgeek.blogspot.com
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