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Reccomendation for Cisco SA520 - No Jumbo Frame Support

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rsaanon

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Hello SNBers,

I have been using Cisco SA520W Security Applicance for a while. This appliance has good bit of features (Firewall, Wireless AP, VPN, VLANs, etc.); however, one crucial feature that is missing is Jumbo Frame support. Even with the latest firmware, there is no support for Jumbo Frames. I use this appliance for doing all VLAN routing etc.

I'm looking for either a Cisco equivalent small business model or another vendor that has "enterprise like features" like 15+ vlan/routing support, firewall, vpn, and Jumbo Frames.

Thanks you.

-rsa
 
Jumbo frames work only for local traffic. They don't come into play once packets hit the Internet.

With today's processor bus and NIC architectures, Jumbo frames don't really help performance and may hurt it.
 
Indeed, the use/need for jumbo frames is within the local network (not internet).

Jumbo frames, if configured properly, can significantly boost throughput. Consequently, most modern switching devices support jumbo frames.
 
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