[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: why swap? -- welcome to Gigabit Ethernet

[Chris Cox]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
...snip..
> I just know that in the case of cheap hardware, the lack of a sizeable
> SRAM (sub-512KB), especially when using 1500 byte frames and/or
> definitely when there is not 802.3x support at _all_ nodes and the
> switch -- I've seen this personally.
> 
> 

Can't speak for their switch.. but I know the chipsets being used
and have not had the problem identified.  But I've seen the tg3
driver do some really wacky things (like set the MAC address to
all 0's).