Re: runt frames reported on cisco switch

Ben Greear <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.drivers.vlan
Organization Candela Technologies
Message-ID <[email protected]>
James Harper wrote:
> (sorry if I double posted... I only just re-joined the list and it
> simultaneously rejected this posting and replied with the [VLAN] in the
> subject indicating it sent it to the list)
> 
> I am getting many (>10%) runt frames on a cisco switch on the port that
> is connected to a linux router running with vlans. Despite the reported
> errors, there are no observed problems with the network.

I think this is an old cisco bug.  W/regard to the 60 v/s 64 minimum
pkt size, the bytes on the wire are 64, but that is because the NIC
will add a 4 byte CRC to the end of the 60-byte payload.

Ben

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Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com
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