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On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, alex huppenthal wrote:

> I'm wondering if this is a problem that might be fixed with an OS tune.

  Depends.  What version are you running?  This is rather important.

> We're using the Krell 784kbit  DSL modems with quad Cogent/Adaptec Ethernet
> cards and getting periodic buffer overflow errors? The Krell is set for full
> duplex operation 10 MB operation.
> 
> I haven't tried 1/2 duplex because we want to set the modems to one setting.

  Try it.  Chances are you haven't switched the (de0?) driver into
full-duplex, assuming that you have a version of the driver that even
supports full-duplex.

Tom