On Wed, 15 May 1996, Tom I Helbekkmo wrote:

> [Anders Magnusson]
> 
> > This is a generic problem with the deqna. The receive buffer ring
> > gets filled up so some packets get lost.
> 
> [David Brownlee]
> 
> > 	I would have assumed something like this, but for the fact it
> > 	happens when it is the only machine on the network (the network
> > 	being a cable approx 1 metre long in this case :)
> 
> I see the same symptoms with a DELQA on an almost idle ethernet.  I've
> got a NetBSD/i386 system serving /usr/src and /usr/local to a KA650
> with a DELQA, and the overrun messages keep ticking over even when
> they're just sitting there doing little besides sending rwho packets.

Hmmm, my DELQA doesn't seem to do it ever on a *live* network (although 
the net it's on isn't ever idle, either!); but, should it be 
_disconnected_ from the network, watch out.  The "ring overrun" messages 
appear constantly (even if you down the interface) until the network 
connection is reinstated.

-Jonathan