Re: ppp packet errors

["Jens B. Jorgensen" <jjorgens@bdsinc.com>]

Robert D. Hilliard wrote:
> 
>      When ifconfig reports packet errors, does this mean errors that
> were caught and corrected, or does it mean errors that got through?

Note that the ifconfig output showed the packets as "dropped". Thus,
the packets didn't get through. ppp has a CRC checksum in every packet
so the chance of a corrupt packet getting through is very slim. TCP 
has it's own error checking, so you don't need to worry about errors.
 
>      On a different, but related, subject, does dselect check the
> md5sum of packages when installing?
> 

-- 
Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com


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