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On 11/22/2011 3:33 PM, Kees Jan Koster wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> I am stuck with a machine that shows serious packet loss (about 1% of all traffic is dropped). I tried the obvious (new network cable, different switch port, different ethernet interface on the machine), but the problems remain.

What is the output of
 sysctl -a dev.bge

Can you show the stats and config of the switch port its plugged into as
well ?

	---Mike
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