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

Rui Paulo schrieb am 2010-03-26:

> 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.

ok. :) thanks for the info.

> --
> Rui Paulo

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Alexander Best