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From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
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Subject: Re: Dlink 690TXD 'hangs' with "discard oversize frame"
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On Sun, 15 Feb 2004, Marc G. Fournier wrote:

>
> Just picked up one of these for my laptop ... attached to my Linksys
> 10/100 Router in autoselect mode, it negotiates at 100baseT Full Duplex
> ...
>
> When I put some load onto her, I get:
>
> Feb 15 20:02:16 mobile kernel: rl0: discard oversize frame (ether type 78e4 flags 3 len 2611 > max 1514)

It appears something is generating bad packets. Have you tried replacing
the cable and trying a different switch port, or entire switch?

The hang is kinda nasty, but your switch shouldn't be generating bad
packets.  The hangs may just be how poorly the rl reacts to problematic
links.

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