# Can JUMBO FRAMES be enabled to advantage?

**URL:** <https://community.wd.com/t/can-jumbo-frames-be-enabled-to-advantage/99281>\
**Category:** My Cloud OS 3\
**Created:** [January 4, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.wd.com/t/can-jumbo-frames-be-enabled-to-advantage/99281 "2015-01-04T14:17:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![RJKflyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RJKflyer](https://community.wd.com/u/RJKflyer)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.wd.com/t/can-jumbo-frames-be-enabled-to-advantage/99281/1 "2015-01-04T14:17:41Z")

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There’s a lot of noise on here re poor network performance.

Would enabling JUMBO FRAMES be of any value?

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**Author:** ![Trancer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wd/user_avatar/community.wd.com/trancer/32/34189_2.png) [@Trancer](https://community.wd.com/u/Trancer)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.wd.com/t/can-jumbo-frames-be-enabled-to-advantage/99281/2 "2015-01-05T17:27:54Z")

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Yes, it usually improves performance.

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**Author:** ![RJKflyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RJKflyer](https://community.wd.com/u/RJKflyer)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.wd.com/t/can-jumbo-frames-be-enabled-to-advantage/99281/3 "2015-01-05T17:35:26Z")

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Er, at the risk of asking the obvious then, what size and by how much might it improve performance?

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**Author:** ![TonyPh12345](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wd/user_avatar/community.wd.com/tonyph12345/32/34229_2.png) [@TonyPh12345](https://community.wd.com/u/TonyPh12345)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.wd.com/t/can-jumbo-frames-be-enabled-to-advantage/99281/4 "2015-01-05T19:10:01Z")

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[http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-My-Cloud/HOW-TO-Troubleshoot-NAS-Performance-concerns/m-p/618695#M1256](https://community.wd.com/t/how-to-troubleshoot-nas-performance-concerns/90896)

My opinion on Jumbo Frames in a home network is listed as “Rule 2”

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**Author:** ![RJKflyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RJKflyer](https://community.wd.com/u/RJKflyer)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.wd.com/t/can-jumbo-frames-be-enabled-to-advantage/99281/5 "2015-01-05T19:13:14Z")

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Ah, thanks Tony.

For those wishing not to follow the link, the answer is DO NOT DO IT.