Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 10:34:58 -0500 From: Bryan Albright <bryana@darth-vader.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How can I stop "discard oversize frame" errors? Message-ID: <20050901153458.GA39443@darth-vader.org> In-Reply-To: <43171963.80502@mac.com> References: <20050901124405.GA6432@darth-vader.org> <43171963.80502@mac.com>
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On 09/01/05 at 11:08AM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Bryan Albright wrote: > [ ... ] > >fxp0: discard oversize frame (ether type 800 flags 3 len 1573 > max 1514) > >fxp0: discard oversize frame (ether type 800 flags 3 len 1533 > max 1514) > >fxp0: discard oversize frame (ether type 5555 flags 3 len 1520 > max 1514) > >fxp0: discard oversize frame (ether type 800 flags 3 len 1564 > max 1514) > > > >I have 2 NICs in my machine, both intel etherexpress pro: > > Try setting an mtu of 1450 or so. You can add that to the ifconfig lines > in /etc/rc.conf, or run "ifconfig fxp0 mtu 1400" directly. > I've tried to do that, but the fxp cards do not seem to allow modifying the mtu settings. It does have the capability of modifying the vlanmtu, but I don't know if this will affect/help this issue. Thanks, Bryan -- Never Play Leap Frog With A Unicorn.
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