Re: 3c59x fails to work in 2.0.30

Nicholas J. Leon (nicholas@binary9.net)
Mon, 21 Apr 1997 09:11:34 -0400 (EDT)


On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Richard Yoo wrote:

# > RX packets:3119712 errors:5144 dropped:5144 overruns:0
# > TX packets:3511673 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
#
# I don't think this is a apples to apples comparison of "good reliability"
# since one of our servers has been only up for 24hrs and has:
#
# eth0 Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:97:10:D8:5C
# RX packets:5809182 errors:160 dropped:160 overruns:267
# TX packets:6604886 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
#
# Which is nearly double the the number of packets in 1/24 the amount of time
# than what Nicholas is experiencing. We are running a 3c900 board and have

Actually, my packets have wrapped around 0 at least once. This card is
used as the inside edge of my firewall.... LOTSA and LOTSA packets ...


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