On (19/01/06 18:15), Drew Tomlinson wrote: > On 12/29/2005 3:33 PM Drew Tomlinson wrote: > > >I have a AMD Athlon 2800+ processor running on a Asus A7N8X Deluxe > >motherboard. This motherboard uses the Nvidia NForce2 chipset. It > >has both an Nvidia and a 3Com 100 mbps network adapter integrated. > > > >Initially I used the Nvidia network adapter but noticed a lot of Rx > >errors. The "errors" and the "frame errors" matched exactly. I did > >the standard testing to try and isolate the problem. I tried known > >working patch cables and known working hub ports. Then when the > >errors persisted, I even moved the box to a known working cable run. > >The errors remained. > > > >So I figured that the actual port on the motherboard must be bad. I > >recompiled my kernel with 3Com networking support and began using the > >3Com port but I am still getting errors. Here's my current 'ifconfig' > >output: > > > >eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:54:0C:60:8D inet > >addr:192.168.1.6 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > > UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:131785 errors:481 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:760 > > TX packets:168955 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > > RX bytes:27189676 (25.9 Mb) TX bytes:169280962 (161.4 Mb) > > Interrupt:18 Base address:0xb000 > > > >The errors have changed a little in that now the "frame errors" exceed > >the "errors". How can that be? I must not understand the output. > >Anyway, I'm starting to think I may have some configuration issues as > >I find it hard to believe that both ports are bad. I'm a Gentoo > >newbie and started with kernel 2.11. I've upgraded once to 2.13-r5 > >which is where I'm at now. I have not changed any networking > >parameter from their defaults as far as I recall. Any ideas on what > >might be going on? > > > I'm still having this issue. A networking guy told me that framing > errors can typically come when the two ends of the connection (card and > switch) are not set to the same parameters such as half-duplex vs. > full-duplex. He suggested I try forcing both ends to be the same and > see if the errors go away. > > However this is just a cheap 8 port TrendNet switch that doesn't have > any management capability. Thus I thought I'd try forcing the NIC to > one way or the other and see if the errors are resolved. I've Googled > for information on how to (a) find out the current setting and (b) > change the setting but have been unsuccessful. Can any one point me in > the right direction? > > Thanks, > > Drew > > -- > Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse > Magic Tricks, DVDs, Videos, Books, & More! > > http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > Hi, For setting up NICs check: mii-diag or better ethtool (both are in portage). Read the corresponding man pages for needed options. HTH.Rumen
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