Re: [LIH] Oversized ethernet frame, ... error

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

* Parthesh Gulawani [linux-india] <20/04/01 09:29 +0530>:

> Error : "eth0: Oversized Ethernet frame, status 6f6c6c6f!"
> Many a times I keep getting this error on my local intranet LINUX server. I
> have Redhat 6.2 with apache, samba and sendmail installed. The network card
> is D-Link DFE-538 fast ethernet adapter. This generally happens when I am

That's an RTL 8139 variant right?  It is a badly broken card - and has
problems like this all the time (esp with certain intel mobos)
Especially under high system load ...

Throw it in the dustbin and get a good ethernet card.

-- 
Suresh Ramasubramanian  <-->  mallet <at> efn <dot> org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin


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