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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 11:16:52 -0600
From: Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com>
To: David Kulp <dkulp@neomorphic.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: How to diagnose bad ethernet?
References: <199901071706.JAA09805@board66.cruzers.com>
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David Kulp <dkulp@neomorphic.com> wrote:
> I'm getting log files containing errors like the following.  Are there
> diagnostic tools for tracing down the problem in the network?  For
> starters (stupid question) how do I determine which ethernet address
> is which IP address (without typing ifconfig or similar on each
> console)?  And is there stress testing that can be run on the network?

Bad cables.  Search for 
"comments on de driver error message?"
in the hackers mail archives.

Good Luck.

Nathan

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Nathan Ahlstrom
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