Re: dc still reporting collisions

2003-11-17 Thread Jos Backus
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 09:14:05AM -0800, Doug White wrote: > On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Jos Backus wrote: > Just because it's been "working forever" doesn't mean it can't fail. Of course. > Ever heard of power surges? Static discharge? I've seen a tx on a Compaq > motherboard go kaput with no interv

Re: dc still reporting collisions

2003-11-17 Thread Doug White
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Jos Backus wrote: > > If its a real hub, hubs aren't full duplex. > > Yeah, I know (believe it or not, but my job description says "Network > Engineer" :-). I don't make assumptions about titles and knowledge levels. :-) > > If its a switch, the switch and PC might not have

Re: dc still reporting collisions

2003-11-16 Thread Jos Backus
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 11:44:35PM -0800, Jos Backus wrote: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 12:47:45PM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote: > > Are you sure your kernel, /usr/include/sys, and netstat are all > > up-to-date? > > I know mine are. What's odd in my case is that FreeBSD -> Windows works but > generates

Re: dc still reporting collisions

2003-11-16 Thread Jos Backus
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 12:47:45PM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote: > Are you sure your kernel, /usr/include/sys, and netstat are all > up-to-date? I know mine are. What's odd in my case is that FreeBSD -> Windows works but generates many collisions (11 MB file xfer results in roughly 8000 collisions) but

Re: dc still reporting collisions

2003-11-15 Thread Peter Jeremy
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 08:27:44PM +, Ceri Davies wrote: These >probably are actual collisions though. The OP's point is that >collisions are supposed to be impossible on a full duplex link, >whereas in your situation they aren't. The collision mechanism is used for flow control on full-duple

Re: dc still reporting collisions

2003-11-15 Thread Jos Backus
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 03:09:27PM -0800, Doug White wrote: > On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Jos Backus wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 05:23:08PM +1000, Andy Farkas wrote: > > > Jos Backus wrote: > > > > > > > Fwiw, I'm seeing the same with tx(4): > > > > > > Looks like a different problem. > > > > Pr

Re: dc still reporting collisions

2003-11-15 Thread Doug White
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Jos Backus wrote: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 05:23:08PM +1000, Andy Farkas wrote: > > Jos Backus wrote: > > > > > Fwiw, I'm seeing the same with tx(4): > > > > Looks like a different problem. > > Probably. I was commenting on the (relatively) high collision count I'm > seeing.

Re: dc still reporting collisions

2003-11-15 Thread Jos Backus
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 05:23:08PM +1000, Andy Farkas wrote: > Jos Backus wrote: > > > Fwiw, I'm seeing the same with tx(4): > > Looks like a different problem. Probably. I was commenting on the (relatively) high collision count I'm seeing. This is a hub (DSL router) with 2 PC's on it. I have n

Re: dc still reporting collisions

2003-11-15 Thread Ceri Davies
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:14:36PM -0800, Jos Backus wrote: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 04:52:14PM +1000, Andy Farkas wrote: > > The dc(4) driver is still reporting collisions on 100 Mbit full-duplex > > links: > [snip] > > > netstat -i > > NameMtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs

Re: dc still reporting collisions

2003-11-15 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Nov 15), Andy Farkas said: > The dc(4) driver is still reporting collisions on 100 Mbit full-duplex > links: > > ifconfig -a > dc0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > inet 172.22.2.12 netmask 0xfff0 broadcast 172.22.2.15 > ether 00:00:e8:89:b9:66 > media: Etherne

Re: dc still reporting collisions

2003-11-15 Thread Andy Farkas
Andy Farkas replies to himself: > The dc(4) driver currently has an almost 1:1 ratio of packets:collisions. > Your tx0 is quite low. Ack! I can't count. Or my numerical recognition system is failing NameMtu Network Address Ipkts IerrsOpkts Oerrs Coll dc01500

Re: dc still reporting collisions

2003-11-15 Thread Andy Farkas
Jos Backus wrote: > Fwiw, I'm seeing the same with tx(4): Looks like a different problem. > lizzy:~% ifconfig tx0 > tx0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > inet 10.0.0.2 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255 > inet 10.0.0.10 netmask 0x broadcast 10.0.0.10 > ether 00:e0:29:09

Re: dc still reporting collisions

2003-11-15 Thread Jos Backus
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 04:52:14PM +1000, Andy Farkas wrote: > The dc(4) driver is still reporting collisions on 100 Mbit full-duplex > links: [snip] > > netstat -i > NameMtu Network Address Ipkts IerrsOpkts Oerrs Coll > dc01500 00:00:e8:89:b9:6626463 0

dc still reporting collisions

2003-11-14 Thread Andy Farkas
The dc(4) driver is still reporting collisions on 100 Mbit full-duplex links: > grep dc0 /var/run/dmesg.boot dc0: port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 0xfbfdf000-0xfbfdf0ff irq 10 at device 6.0 on pci0 dc0: Ethernet address: 00:00:e8:89:b9:66 miibus0: on dc0 > ifconfig -a dc0: flags=8843 mtu 1500