[wplug] loads of errors

coldfire at beerhouse.net coldfire at beerhouse.net
Mon Nov 25 01:03:53 EST 2002


> Hi all!
>
> I just noticed this mind-boggling number on my DSL interface (ppp0).
>
> RX packets:34306 errors:36874 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>           TX packets:37216 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
>
> The error count is higher than the actual received packets? What's
> happening here?
>
> The connection seems to work fine... Any ideas?

i'm assuming your dsl connection is via pppoe (the devil).  might be of
interest to check the mtu set on that interface.  (the mtu should be set
to 1492 for pppoe as opposed to 1500 for regular ethernet.)


coldie





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