[Gllug] eth0 errors

[Simon Morris]

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Hi All,

I'm having problems with Win98 hosts using a RH8 Samba box.  Sometimes
its OK then it will seem to freeze and not work.  All seems well on the
box but /sbin/ifconfig gives:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:40:95:31:05:AD
inet addr:192.168.151.64  Bcast:192.168.151.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
RX packets:544324 errors:1692 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:682763 errors:16905 dropped:0 overruns:2 carrier:33810
collisions:96742
RX bytes:99197511 (94.6 Mb)  TX bytes:621743151 (592.9 Mb)

and that seems like a lot of errors?
(My other linux boxes at different sites have zero)

Any pointers as to what to try first?


Simon
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That also seems like a high number of Ethernet collisions. These are most
common when using Ethernet hubs.

How many machines on this network, and how many hubs/switches?

Also the number of CRC errors is high. You should only get one error per
hundred thousand frames or so (if I can remember from the book). In a
network I saw once they had run Cat 5 through the roofspace along side
strip lighting which caused a lot of network errors. Also large monitors
_could_ cause errors.

Could just be a faulty card on the server or a client.

SM
(Apologies for my retarded quoting style)

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