From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 26 18:34:42 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF3911065674 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:34:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f199.google.com (mail-pz0-f199.google.com [209.85.222.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADD8F8FC0C for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:34:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk37 with SMTP id 37so3037660pzk.7 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:34:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:subject:mime-version :content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding :message-id:references:to:x-mailer; bh=vBW+HzQIPwLveYga3MkT7eJQYhb1a6x2sp9XaEX8xRw=; b=piaGUzQAm19djcmu11jwZhletUsSI1QkFv4P+RFH+Op93mi7XqPR1hbkBqgL39II91 TW6a4TDLEtdsrjQt/gsivyciGS/9yQ7eTf2HpWD8BgJ1cpPwjBB0f5C1/YNVoWW4oinv qvBrUINtIf//dsfBWJv724QGEdEJ7+n1sm8mY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; b=GsYgapUmlmgVLkEVVk32Du6Q0m+TOlsbM0j00+jALuVNQP+Nk+deHtyoq77QU0Il2x PQ0MN4VkRjHyZja/O8On97IWmi8zddQp48v7EG3LvlVNSTxmbrVJBHUlMiwmiDye3kcI NPep5ip0uzsf8gEfiLpYCMLAo7t+LCuUM/sCM= Received: by 10.141.90.10 with SMTP id s10mr886187rvl.287.1269628482174; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:34:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.10.2] (54.81.54.77.rev.vodafone.pt [77.54.81.54]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p1sm533722rvq.22.2010.03.26.11.34.35 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:34:39 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Rui Paulo Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Rui Paulo In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:34:31 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: Alexander Best X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: atheros card with lots of Ierrs in `netstat -i` X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:34:43 -0000 On 26 Mar 2010, at 17:24, Alexander Best wrote: > hi there, >=20 > `netstat -i` reports: >=20 > Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Idrop = Opkts > Oerrs Coll > ath0 2290 00:0f:b5:82:07:c8 6046435 691159 0 = 654080 > 0 0 > lo0 16384 1280796 0 0 = 1280796 > 0 0 > lo0 16384 your-net localhost.otaku 1280796 - - = 1280796 > - - > wlan0 1500 00:0f:b5:82:07:c8 821650 0 0 = 635461 > 20 0 > wlan0 1500 192.168.1.0 localhost.otaku 821223 - - = 635140 > - - >=20 > are the Ierrs for ath0 normal or is this something to worry about? i'm = running > HEAD (r205561) on amd64. this is my card: >=20 > ath0@pci0:5:1:0: class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x5a001385 = chip=3D0x0013168c > rev=3D0x01 hdr=3D0x00 > vendor =3D 'Atheros Communications Inc.' > device =3D '802.11a/b/g Wireless Adapter (AR2312)' > class =3D network > subclass =3D ethernet You have a 9% error rate, which can be common on some scenarios. If = you're not experiencing connection problems, there's no need to worry. -- Rui Paulo