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Re: Network problem



On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Ram Nethaniel wrote:


  Hi,



   This computer, linked to the school of Mathematics here, has a bit too
many errors on that ethernet. The collisions look ok, I guess the
infrastructure is a bit overloaded. You might want to check with the
system administration there (Guy Urman's people, if he's still there), and
have them test your networking environment.

Best,

--Ariel

> Hi,
> 
> I have a linux host connected to my network.
> Every once in a while the pour pc fails and has to be restarted.
> When I type ifconfig I get this :
> 
> 
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
>         inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
>         UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1
>         RX packets:447 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>         TX packets:447 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>         collisions:0
> 
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:4B:7A:D7:45
>         inet addr:132.67.128.193 Bcast:132.67.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
>         UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>         RX packets:2863651 errors:23638 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:35468
>         TX packets:1630352 errors:69 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>         collisions:205022
>         Interrupt:11 Base address:0xa800
> 
> Notice the humangous number of collisions and errors.
> What does that mean ?
> Is this some sort of conflicting definitions on the network oris it a
> result of the network beeing over worked ?
> 
> Please reply to the senders address for I am not subscribed to the list.
> 
> Thanx,
> Ram.
> 
> 
> 

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