[K12OSN] ifconfig errors

[rmcdaniel at indata.us]

Try dropping the NIC speed back to 10Mbs/half dup and see if you still
get errors.  If not, then I would suspect cable problems or switch
port.  Just a guess without more info.



Ronald R. McDaniel
Conecuh County Schools
(251) 578-7073 x26
(251) 230-0658 cell
rmcdaniel at indata.us


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [K12OSN] ifconfig errors
> From: Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, October 26, 2005 1:35 pm
> To: "Support list for opensource software in schools."
> <k12osn at redhat.com>
> 
> Anyone know what would cause these errors in RX
> 
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:07:E9:3F:F5:6C
>           inet addr:192.168.0.254  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::207:e9ff:fe3f:f56c/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:34225847 errors:840978 dropped:840978 overruns:523 frame:0
>           TX packets:48842325 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:1566565931 (1.4 GiB)  TX bytes:1865622785 (1.7 GiB)
>           Base address:0x3040 Memory:feac0000-feae0000
> 
> To test the network I ran
> 
>  ping -c100 -A clientname
> 
> for all clients when the lab was emtpy. I got no packet losses at all
> for any clients and the total time was the same approx. 20 sec for
> all. In addition I was running iptraf in the background and i got no
> "ip checksum errors". Should I try it again when the lab is full of
> students or does anyone have another suggestion?
> 
> 
> --
> Robert Arkiletian
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