On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Colin Wood wrote:

> Gunnar Helliesen wrote:
> > 
> > qe0: ring overrun, resync'd by skipping 13
> > qe0: ring overrun, resync'd by skipping 9
> 
> Oh, it can certainly be machine independent.  On a busy Ethernet, a slow
> machine might not be able to handle all the packets coming in fast enough
> (which is what I believe is happening here).  I wouldn't have a hard time
> believing that a MicroVAX II is a slower machine :-)

I see these too (well, actually, I haven't lately, but at least I used
to see them quite a bit), and the really interesting thing is that
they happen with clockwork regularity _on a quiet network_.  If there
is much traffic, and the DEQNA is actually being used, they show up
less often.

-tih
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