Re: PPP error messages....
Kevin Traas wrote:
>
> I'm getting a lot of the following error messages on the console of one of
> my boxes. It's a 386DX/40 with a PPP link to an ISP.
>
> ppp: frame with bad fcs, excess = 2a48
>
> It seems that for each one of these, ifconfig reports an error on the ppp0
> interface.
>
> Any ideas what fcs stands for? Any ideas on why this is occuring?
>
> I'm running IRQTune. It's a 16450 UART. I'm running the port at 38400bps.
>
> I've run the same on similar 386's and have had no problems....
>
> TIA for any help/suggestions.
>
FCS == Frame Check Sequence. It's like /usr/bin/sum, but for each
PPP packet sent to make sure there's no corruption. I'm not sure
how to interpret "excess".
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Jens B. Jorgensen
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