Re: ifconfig eth0 shows errors building

[Sturla Holm Hansen <sturla@lundkommisjonen.no>]

On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 20:26, mike wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When I run ifconfig eth0, my "errors" section keeps growing.
> Here's an example output from # ifconfig eth0
> 
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:1334682 *****errors:65273  *****dropped:0 overruns:1 
> frame:78897
>           TX packets:640316 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:23
>           collisions:1729 
>           RX bytes:678692267 (647.2 MiB)  TX bytes:144369628 (137.6 MiB)
> 
> I've highlighted the concerned area with *****
> The error number keeps growing if I run ifconfig eth0 over and over.
> Any ideas on how to trouble shoot this?
> I have the same nic in as eth1 and it doesn't show any errors.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
> 
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Looks like bad cabling or a bogged down net to me, notice that the
collision-count is pretty high out too.
My guess is you have a bad nic or bad cabling/bogged net...

Sturla