From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Justin Schoeman Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:44:23 +0000 Subject: Re: [LARTC] Ethernet packet loss - frame errors Message-Id: <452F51E7.6040504@expertron.co.za> List-Id: References: <452F4DA6.8030505@expertron.co.za> In-Reply-To: <452F4DA6.8030505@expertron.co.za> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lartc@vger.kernel.org Andrei Sandu wrote: > Possibly the length of the cable ? It is a 5m cable. It is also the 'common' cable - it is unplugged from the router and plugged into the bridge (the other side stays in the switch). -justin > On 10/13/06, *Justin Schoeman* > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have the following problem. A Linux box configured as a bridge. One > interface connects to the router via a crossover cable, the other > connects to a switch via the cable that used to go to the router. > > Now I get the following: > > [root@localhost net]# ifconfig eth3 > eth3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:2D:07:61:5D > UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:1969134 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:176459 > TX packets:2186662 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:492595115 ( 469.7 Mb) TX bytes:579725462 (552.8 Mb) > Interrupt:17 > > eth3 is the interface that connects to the switch. As you can see, 1 in > 10 rx packets are framing errors. > > What are possible causes for this? The cable is a constant, so is not > likely to cause problems, so what else can possibly cause such a high > number of frame errors? > > Any help appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Justin > > _______________________________________________ > LARTC mailing list > LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl > http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > LARTC mailing list > LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl > http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc