From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 29 08:01:18 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22DDD16A417 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:01:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stom@free.fr) Received: from smtp004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com (smtp004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com [217.12.11.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4334013C478 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:01:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stom@free.fr) Received: (qmail 46262 invoked from network); 29 Aug 2007 08:01:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO btn.mine.nu) (tux_shady@88.141.27.107 with login) by smtp004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Aug 2007 08:01:15 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: cZaLxtEVM1mHw6Pu1zmdPRwJpXR3LXSXyrwKmyjusQJc7dj9Zz2dYgIQ_Phui1c..N5FxiuP.C45zELKuc93h7OL6NmUpGKql_rHWxli4poMBtyyDlwJZza5zAk- Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by btn.mine.nu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 557D928426; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:01:14 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at btn.mine.nu Received: from btn.mine.nu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (btn.mine.nu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1UAxfzanCFNi; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:01:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (windows [192.168.0.200]) by btn.mine.nu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 410CD2841E; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:01:11 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <46D527BD.4080003@free.fr> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:01:01 +0200 From: Philippe Laquet User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Amer H. Alhabsi" References: <46D3F8B1.5050504@squ.edu.om> <46D404FC.3050508@free.fr> <46D4EA36.6000203@squ.edu.om> In-Reply-To: <46D4EA36.6000203@squ.edu.om> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000769-1, 28/08/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rl0 discard oversize frame X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:01:18 -0000 Amer H. Alhabsi a écrit : > Philippe Laquet wrote: >> Hi Amer, >> >> Could you send an "ifconfig -a" ? >> >> It may occur if your MTU doesn't match >> >> Amer H. Alhabsi a écrit : >>> Hi, >>> >>> The network card that came with the PC (Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit >>> Ethernet) was not recognized by sysinstall. So I bought a real tek >>> based card that works fine. But when I run dmesg, I get lots of >>> these lines (almost 900): >>> rl0: discard oversize frame (ether type 0 flags 3 len 1532 > max 1514) >>> >>> Can someone please advise what can be done to stop that. >>> >>> I'm using FreeBSD 6.2 release. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> > Thanks for the reply. Here is the output of "ifconfig -a" > > rl0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > options=8 > inet 172.22.15.39 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 172.22.255.255 > ether 00:e0:4c:ef:04:87 > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) > status: active > lo0: flags=8049 mtu 16384 > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > OK, You may try to increase your MTU by using "ifconfig rl0 mtu 1580" (for example) - Do not forget to add this option in /etc/rc.conf (for boot settings) If it does not solve the problem, the problem could be due to your network interface and the "RL" driver itself. In that case, you have to shut down the interface and remount it, I agree that it is not a proper solution but I saw it on a newsgroup. Hope this help! Kind Regards.