Re: atheros card with lots of Ierrs in `netstat -i`

On 26 Mar 2010, at 17:24, Alexander Best wrote:

> hi there,
> 
> `netstat -i` reports:
> 
> Name    Mtu Network       Address              Ipkts Ierrs Idrop    Opkts
> Oerrs  Coll
> ath0   2290 <Link#1>      00:0f:b5:82:07:c8  6046435 691159     0   654080
> 0     0
> lo0   16384 <Link#2>                         1280796     0     0  1280796
> 0     0
> lo0   16384 your-net      localhost.otaku    1280796     -     -  1280796
> -     -
> wlan0  1500 <Link#3>      00:0f:b5:82:07:c8   821650     0     0   635461
> 20     0
> wlan0  1500 192.168.1.0   localhost.otaku     821223     -     -   635140
> -     -
> 
> are the Ierrs for ath0 normal or is this something to worry about? i'm running
> HEAD (r205561) on amd64. this is my card:
> 
> ath0_at_pci0:5:1:0:        class=0x020000 card=0x5a001385 chip=0x0013168c
> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
>    device     = '802.11a/b/g Wireless Adapter (AR2312)'
>    class      = network
>    subclass   = 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.

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Rui Paulo