rl0 discard oversize

[Chuck Swiger]

Pol Hallen wrote:
> Hi all :-)
> 
> I have a fbsd 5.4
> today while copy a lot files (several Gb) the network saturation...and don't 
> responding of ping :-(
> 
> in dmesg i see:
> 
> rl0 discard oversize frame (ether type 4a82 flags 3 len 38118 > 1514
[ ... ]
> where is the problem?

With the rl0 hardware, probably.  Realtek NICs aren't very good, and I've seen
similar reports from other people which were resolved by getting a dc0 or fxp0
NIC instead.

> this is my main server.. and indispensable 4 my work!
> 
> sorry 4 my bad english...and thanks!

Your english is OK...

-- 
-Chuck