RX and TX Overruns

[rodney at sabletech.com (Rodney Thayer)]

do you have all the software and equipment in the picture configured to use
hardware flow control?  if your modem has lights, can you tell if cts or rts
is blinking during transfers, indicating flow control?

At 07:23 PM 4/13/96 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a question concerning RX-OVR and TX-OVR as reported by
>netstat. I am running Linux 1.2.1 on a 486/66DX2 with 24MB of
>memory and a US Robotics
>28.8 external modem attached to my COM2 port. The serial card has
>a 16550 chip. I am using DIP (dialup IP) over a SLIP connection to
>TIAC. I noticed a large number of RX-OVR as well as TX-OVR
>on my sl0 interface. The values for RX-ERR, RX-DRP, TX-ERR 
>TX-DRP are 0.
>
>Does anyone know what the RX-OVR and TX-OVR values are trying to
>tell me and what can I do to eliminate them??  My MTU value is 296
>which, I think, is a standard value for serial lines.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks,  Chuck
>
>noyesc at litestar.tiac.net
>
>

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