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Created November 6, 2013 22:01
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Error message when trying to being up a tagged MTU 9000 (i.e. Jumbo Frame) on Intel X520 10GE card.
[root@ps-bandwidth ~]# ifup eth1.1601
Added VLAN with VID == 1601 to IF -:eth1:-
SIOCSIFMTU: Numerical result out of range
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When you change the mtu of a VLAN be sure the network device has an MTU higher than the VLAN or you also get "Numerical result out of range"

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