From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 07:43:48 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F1E516A4CE for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 07:43:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx0.dmpriest.net.uk (mx0.dmpriest.net.uk [62.13.128.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 609E643D48 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 07:43:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Received: from raptor (kpielorz.dmpriest.net.uk [62.13.130.13]) by mx0.dmpriest.net.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6/Kp) with ESMTP id i0NFhbh01438 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:43:37 GMT Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:43:44 +0000 From: Karl Pielorz To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Message-ID: <12565093.1074872624@raptor> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.1.0 (Win32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Incrementing ierrs normal on switched network? X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:43:48 -0000 Hi All, We've got a FreeBSD test box in house - that's hooked up to another FreeBSD box via a crossover cable on one port (em0) - and to a switch & small network on the other port (em1). netstat -i -b shows... " Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs em0 1500 00:07:e9:59:c1:11 42631375 0 em0 1500 192.168.0.1/30 em0 206 - em1 1500 00:02:b3:e8:ca:bf 5978522 11465 Ibytes Opkts Oerrs Obytes Coll [em0] 1761716617 43032198 0 97470457 0 [em0] 17336 3457943 - 1979378621 - [em1] 4135141601 5545022 0 1570455231 0 " [Wrapped for sanity] The em1 interface is constantly clocking up 'Ierrs' - admittedly they are a very small percentage of the total packets on the interface, but never the less they clock up constantly... Is this likely to be something silly like 'cheap switch' (It's a DLink 10/100 - nothing special). Is it normal to run a small % (i.e. <0.01) of errors? - I found the devtool 'ifinfo' - but this just reports them as 'Input Errors' as well... I'm trying to get hold of a different brand switch etc. to try it with at the moment... Thanks for any input, -Karl