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DateSat, 27 Jun 1998 22:55:59 -0700 (PDT)
From"Mr. James W. Laferriere" <>
SubjectRe: Strange Ethernet Device Errors in 2.1.106/7
	Hello Scott,  Pleae upgrade to net-tools 1.45 available at.

ftp://ftp.cs-ipv6.lancs.ac.uk:/pub/Code/Linux/Net_Tools/

On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Scott Lampert wrote:
> 	I have three completely different systems here with 2.1.106 and 
> 2.1.107 kernels running on them and they are all showing massive amounts of 
> transmit errors on the ethernet interface.  They are all running Kingston
> DECchip 21041 ethernet cards.  Strangely enough it doesn't seem to affect 
> their ability to communicate. In any event, I've tried recompiling both 
> kernel versions to use the Tulip driver (I've been using the generic 21041 
> driver) and this doesn't seem to make a difference so I'm assuming it isn't
> driver related.  Is anyone else experiencing this or is it just me?  I didn't 
> even notice until today.  Here's a sample from the machine I'm writing this on:
> 
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:C0:F0:15:1F:AC  
>           inet addr:205.138.63.5  Bcast:205.138.63.7  Mask:255.255.255.248
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:316 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:15940 dropped:240 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll:0
>           Interrupt:10 Base address:0xe000 
> 
> 	I've only had an uptime of 10 minutes and already I'm showing 15940 
> errors and 240 drops.  Yuck.  And this is with almost no actual network 
> activity.   Any pointers on where to look would be appreciated.  Thanks,
> 		-Scott 		Hth, JimL
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