Today,though,the smaller packet size puts Ethernet at a disadvantage when used in a purely backbone scenario because of the network and operating system overhead associated with sending and receiving each packet.

• 但今天，当以太网纯粹地用作主干网的情况下，长度较短的包就成了以太网的一个弱点，这是因为网络和操作系统在发送和接收每个包时需要开销的缘故。