Linux:
ping -M do -s 8972 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
OSX/BSD:
ping -D -s 8184 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Windows:
ping -f -l 9000 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Example results on Linux
If you’ve forgotten to enable jumbo frames/9k MTU on your client device you’re sending the ping from:
PING xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx): 8184 data bytes
ping: sendto: Message too long
If you have enabled jumbo frames on your client but not the destination (or a switch in between):
PING xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx): 8184 data bytes
Request timeout for icmp_seq 0
If you’ve done everything righ:
PING xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx): 8184 data bytes
8192 bytes from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=0.714 ms