Re: ppp packet errors

1997-05-30 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Robert D. Hilliard wrote: > > When ifconfig reports packet errors, does this mean errors that > were caught and corrected, or does it mean errors that got through? Note that the ifconfig output showed the packets as "dropped". Thus, the packets didn't get through. ppp has a CRC checksum in e

Re: ppp packet errors

1997-05-24 Thread Robert D. Hilliard
When ifconfig reports packet errors, does this mean errors that were caught and corrected, or does it mean errors that got through? On a different, but related, subject, does dselect check the md5sum of packages when installing? Bob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the

Re: ppp packet errors

1997-05-24 Thread Lindsay Allen
On Sat, 24 May 1997, Igor Grobman wrote: > On May 23, Lindsay Allen wrote > > > > > > I used to get excellent ppp transfers, but of late I get errors and > > the modem lights often cease activity for several seconds at a time. > > ppp version is 2.2.0f-23. > > > > ifconfig shows:- > > ppp0

Re: ppp packet errors

1997-05-23 Thread Igor Grobman
On May 23, Lindsay Allen wrote > > > I used to get excellent ppp transfers, but of late I get errors and > the modem lights often cease activity for several seconds at a time. > ppp version is 2.2.0f-23. > > ifconfig shows:- > ppp0 Link encap:Point-Point Protocol > inet addr:203