From: John Ackermann (mtst@gsu.edu)
Date: Fri Jan 05 2001 - 04:28:55 EET
> On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 07:53:18AM -0500, John Ackermann wrote:
> > dmascc0 Link encap:AMPR AX.25 HWaddr W8APR-12
> > inet addr:44.71.36.130 Mask:255.255.255.128
> > UP RUNNING MTU:256 Metric:1
> > RX packets:21682 errors:6437 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:6437
> > TX packets:14159 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:64
> > Interrupt:5 Base address:0x380 DMA chan:3
>
> what does the "frame" column of /proc/net/dev say? I haven't looked
> at ifconfig sources lately. The "frame" number in /proc/net/dev is the
> sum of four different error counters - crc error and ring buffer overflow
> being the most likely. (see src/linux/net/core/dev.c).
>
> You can get rid of the ring buffer overflow by increasing NUM_TX_BUF.
> Try that.
>
> -Klaus
If I'm reading /proc/net/dev, the numbers match what ifconfig is
showing --
at present, 8912 RX errors, 0 drop, 0 fifo, 8912 frame.
I'm not seeing any TX errors -- is your reference to NUM_TX_BUF a typo,
or does that constant impact RX as well?
Thanks for the input!
73,
John
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