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