When Should Jumbo Frame Be Disabled
In short, jumbo frame should only be ON or enabled when you have implemented some sort of internal network storage solution. It should be disabled where you have any sort of internet access. Below is a quick reason for each of the general use scenarios.
It should be noted that Jumbo Frame can always potentially be indirectly helping these processes if you are running large file transfers at the same time.Jumbo Frame for gaming:
Game generally are latency focused and most gaming developers minimize the size of files or packets transmitted. These game related traffic will almost always be much smaller than the standard MTU size. Thus having jumbo frame enabled will not improve gaming performance.
This is the case for PC, mobile games, or any consoles including playstation or xbox.
Jumbo Frame for Internet Video Streaming or VOIP:
Internet video streaming services such as Apple TV, Chromecast, or Roku will generally not benefit from jumbo frame at all. Since these devices by default do not support jumbo frame, so you will end up hurting your performance.
VoIP uses will always not benefit from jumbo frame, as VoIP like gaming, is latency and time sensitive.
Jumbo Frame for Internet Purpose:
You will not see any performance boost as the files that came across the internet does not support jumbo frame. This means that jumbo frame will also not affect any kind of general internet use such as browsing, email, or torrent file sharing.
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