Subject: Re: Diff question: SE/30 Ethernet
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Jason E. Luther <jluther@uiuc.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/08/1997 22:11:41
Ken Nakata <kenn@romulus.rutgers.edu> wrote:
>Anyway, "receive buffer ring overrun" (I think it's overrun, not
>overflow, but I could be wrong) does no harm.  Your SE/30's just
>telling you that it's not fast enough ;-)

I get that message about 80 times every day in /var/log/messages:
/netbsd: ae0: warning - receiver ring buffer overrun

Am I losing packets destined for my IIci, or is my ethernet card just
getting overwhelmed by being on a network with several hundred other
computers?

-jason