Re: [Sheflug] Errors on eth0

[Mark Broadbent <markb [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 13:58, Dawson, Alan wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> ...
> 
> but on the wan side
> 
> clownerouter:~ # ifconfig eth1
> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:C0:CA:15:61:BF
>           inet addr:192.168.2.1  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::2c0:caff:fe15:61bf/10 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:6173121 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:5774684 errors:362353 dropped:0 overruns:0
> carrier:724706
> 					^^^^^^^^^^^^
>           collisions:372551 txqueuelen:100
>           RX bytes:2129446956 (2030.7 Mb)  TX bytes:3315793152 (3162.1 Mb)
>           Interrupt:10 Base address:0x4400
> 
> I get a lot of errors.
> 
> Is this BAD.  should I replace the NIC,  or is it the WAN line itself. or
> could it be the 2621?

Try popping another network card for a start and if the errors don't
stop then (if possible) try a different cable to the router.

Tell us how you get on. :)

Mark



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