Jumbo Frames

With respect to Gigabit Ethernet, Jumbo frames refers to the data packet size used for each Ethernet frame. Since each data frame must be handled by the operating system, it make sense to use large data frames to minimize the amount of overhead when receiving data into the host computer. Such large data blocks are called Jumbo frames. To achieve maximum performance from GigE cameras, Jumbo frames should be enabled and sized to at least 9000 bytes (although the cameras will also work with smaller frame sizes).