Re: recommandations for a home Gigabit switch

neuneudr@xxxxxxxx writes:
I don't know if I'd ease the load on the CPUs by using jumbo frames
when the case I'm most interested in is transfer of huge files between
two PCs.

Probably yes.

BTW, if you just want to connect two PCs to each other, you don't need
a switch. Just use a cable between the PCs; with 100Mb Ethernet you
needed a special crossover cable; with GbE a normal cable works.

- anton
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