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?
Thanks,
Drew
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