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In article <328d327c.204154853@news.calgary.agt.net>,
Tony Toews <ttoews@agt.net> wrote:
>That's a problem which won't exist in this setup.  Comm overruns mean
>a problem between your modem and your computer.  For example, hardware
>overflow may not be set properly in either your modem or PC or you
>have an 8250 UART in your PC.
>
>But Cable modems don't even use the serial port.  They use the network
>card instead so this won't be a problem.

"Com overruns" can indeed exist with Ethernet.

Most Ethernet cards have a limited amount of buffer memory on them -
typically 8-16 KB.  If you get a burst of packets that temporarily
exceeds the rate at which your computer can receive them, you will
get a receiver overrun.

In practice, if I set up NFS from my SparcStation to my Amiga 3000/16,
using 8K datagram sizes, I will get receiver overruns galore on the Amiga
whenever I read a large file.