How is the FastEthernet 0/0 connected to the LAN ? Deferred means that the frame was discarded due to too many consecutive collisions on the medium. The router tried to send the frame to the ethernet a few times but it had no success - collisions always occured and the frame got discarded. Can you check how the Router is connected to the LAN ? Is it a shared medium with many stations accessing it ? How many percent of the packets outgoing to the fa0/0 get errors ? It may be well possible that the problem is not the tunnel .... hth Reinhold On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, John Kale wrote: > hi all, > We run a gre tunnel between sites across an isp network...sometimes we lose > connectivity (ipx mainly and somtimes both IP & IPX) but the show tunnel and > show interface commands gives an up, up status. > > The only thing unusual is that the show int f0/0 commands reveals a rising > number of packets deferred. what does the 'xxxxxxxx deferred' signify and > can anybody pls come up with tips on making this tunnel a trouble free one. > > regards, > > > John Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=8201&t=8201 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

