On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 01:58:02PM -0500, Peter Eisch wrote:
> 
> With 1.6.1 generic, and maybe with 1.6 but I didn't test it much though, I'm
> getting the fxp driver rejecting packets with the vlan header as being too
> big.  As a crutch I tried to pull down the mtu size, but that didn't seem to
> make any difference at all (1450).
> 
> Is the fxp's not handle vlans right?
> 
> fxp1: discarding oversize frame (len=1510)
> fxp1: discarding oversize frame (len=1510)
> ... Until forever ...
> 
> I have been trying to rebuild even the GENERIC kernel from 1.6.1 source and
> failing miserably.  I don't get how a clean 1.6.1 installed system can't
> build from it's own code.  It's like I've lost my brain...
> 
> Anyway.  Do I just need a different NIC?

I don't think so, it looks more like a problem with your network.
The 802.1Q header is only 4 bytes, so the packets should be at most 1504 bytes.

to what hardware is fxp1 connected ?

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