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Date:      Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:08:19 -0400
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Bryan Albright <bryana@darth-vader.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How can I stop "discard oversize frame" errors?
Message-ID:  <43171963.80502@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050901124405.GA6432@darth-vader.org>
References:  <20050901124405.GA6432@darth-vader.org>

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Bryan Albright wrote:
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> 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.

-- 
-Chuck




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