ignatios@cs.uni-bonn.de (Ignatios Souvatzis) writes:
> Our SunOS machines get swamped by "giant packet" messages, and we can't find
> out why.

You can put an ethernet analyser on the line and see whats up.  I bet
the big packets don't have valid headers...

I'll bet its electrical noise.  Either from a loose connection or from
an electrical signal injected into the ethernet.

-wolfgang