On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Erik Huizing wrote:

> I think the proper first is to get the machine using the cable modem at a
> decent speed first, then worry about NAT/ipf. It seems like all the
> problems stem from the fact that the connection to @Home is so slow. That
> aside, I'm not sure where to start looking for problems. One thing that
> concerns me is on boot, I get this:
> ae0 at nubus0 slot d: Farallon EtherMac II-TP, 32KB memory
> ae0: Ethernet address xx:xx...
> ae0: length does not match next packet pointer
> ae0: len 000 nlen ff00 start 0c first 00 curr 0e next 00 stop 80
> ae0: NIC memory corrupt - invalid packet length 65280
> 
> So I guess my questions are: is my card supported? is the memory
> corrupt/next packet error a serious problem? How do I fix it?

It just means that MacOS left some noise in the card's on-board memory.
Nothing to worry about, as long as it only happens once during boot.


David