<![CDATA[should i enable jumbo frames on my home network?]]>should i enable jumbo frames on my home network?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/594b7173-6e5f-4207-9169-65d9669a9d7b/should-i-enable-jumbo-frames-on-my-home-networkRSS for NodeWed, 08 Apr 2026 13:24:31 GMTFri, 03 Apr 2026 01:06:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to should i enable jumbo frames on my home network? on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:19:00 GMT]]>@arrjay @mosssupply yeah for sure. I personally try to avoid routing between different MTU segments if I can avoid it. I've dealt with enough bullshit from misconfigured routers on ISPs that require PPPoE

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/meph/statuses/116338140169013838https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/meph/statuses/116338140169013838Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:19:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to should i enable jumbo frames on my home network? on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:16:41 GMT]]>@meph @mosssupply ICMP should return a message to the originating client if the router received a UDP DF packet that is too big

this is why you don't block *all* ICMP 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tacobelllabs.net/users/arrjay/statuses/116338131050326966https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tacobelllabs.net/users/arrjay/statuses/116338131050326966Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:16:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to should i enable jumbo frames on my home network? on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:15:51 GMT]]>@meph ah that's unfortunate, the gateway does say "this is a bad idea" in large red all caps text

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tacobelllabs.net/users/mosssupply/statuses/116338127733544377https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tacobelllabs.net/users/mosssupply/statuses/116338127733544377Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:15:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to should i enable jumbo frames on my home network? on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:14:31 GMT]]>@mosssupply UDP packets destined to the internet that are larger than the MTU on your WAN interface will be dropped by the router I think

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/meph/statuses/116338122527811628https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/meph/statuses/116338122527811628Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:14:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to should i enable jumbo frames on my home network? on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:10:21 GMT]]>@mosssupply YES

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tacobelllabs.net/users/arrjay/statuses/116338106109694514https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tacobelllabs.net/users/arrjay/statuses/116338106109694514Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:10:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to should i enable jumbo frames on my home network? on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:10:02 GMT]]>@mosssupply do it lmao

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