Subject: Re: Same old questions...
To: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
From: Johnny Billquist <bqt@update.uu.se>
List: port-vax
Date: 10/09/2001 18:52:02
On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, David Brownlee wrote:

> 	If I recall correctly when I had Q-bus cards giving this message
> 	they did not seem to suffer any network problems at all - the
> 	messages only happened when there was no traffic on the wire at
> 	all, in which case resetting the interface every so often did not
> 	really affect network performance :)

The network stops for a short while, and then it starts again, so it does
affect the network performance, but it isn't a showstopper.
And yes, it does happen when you have traffic.

	Johnny

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