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From: robert mcdonald <frobnoid@wpi.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: ETHER_MAX_LEN
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 20:12:13 -0400
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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I complained about repeated "Receiver ring buffer overrun" messages...
and someone suggested I comment out the line that logs the error in the
kernel source file if_ed.c
looking through this source, I see ETHER_MAX_LEN defined as 1518. 
Does this macro define the maximum size of an ethernet packet? 
(I want to increase it to avoid the errors if possible...)


 thanks.