Re: eth0 TX Errors & Dropped Packets

H.J. Lu (hjl@lucon.org)
Sat, 21 Mar 1998 19:52:20 +0000


Gary White (Network Administrator) wrote:
>
> I have the same results using an NE2000 clone. Network response does not
> seem to be effected. Just seems the numbers are in the wrong location. Notice
> even the local loopback shows TX errors. I'm running Net-Tools 1.432.
>
> george:~# ifconfig
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1
> RX packets:964 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:111961 dropped:964 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll:0
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:E8:D4:97:DE
> inet addr:208.137.139.8 Bcast:208.137.139.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:26485703 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:16148 errors:2147483647 dropped:12480590 overruns:0 carrier:0
> coll:0
> Interrupt:5 Base address:0x300
>
> eth0:0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:E8:D4:97:DE
> inet addr:208.137.139.11 Bcast:208.137.139.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll:0
> Interrupt:5 Base address:0x300
>

Your ifconfig is too old for your kernel.

H.J.

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