Ethernet Payload Data Size

[Ali Hazim]

From What I've Read On The Internet About The Reason Behind The Ethernet Frame Data Size Is Limited Between (46 - 1500), Iv'e Found The Reason Is Because Of Historical Limitations Which Doesn't Apply For Today's Hardware And Software Capabilities, I Understand That It Had To Be kept Like This For A While For Backward Compatibility, But Shouldn't It Be Changed Nowadays?

[Reza Sharifi]

802.3 is the standard specification for Ethernet that is maintained by IEEE.

HTH

[Ali Hazim]

Thanks For Replying, But The IEEE 802.3 Standard Was First Introduced In 1983, So My Question Is Why Do We Still Work By The Limitations Of That Time?

[Reza Sharifi]

Hi Ali,

Someone or some organization (IEEE possibly) would need to write a new RFC to make any changes.  Also, imagine how expensive would that be for so many organizations, vendors across the globe to change the standard.

HTH

[Jaderson Pessoa]

As mentioned Reza, it is a standard specifiication that is controlled by IEEE