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Date:      Wed, 6 Jul 2011 14:47:24 -0700
From:      "David Christensen" <davidch@broadcom.com>
To:        "pyunyh@gmail.com" <pyunyh@gmail.com>
Cc:        Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net>, David Christensen <davidch@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: bce packet loss
Message-ID:  <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B523819385C32D912B@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com>
In-Reply-To: <20110706214016.GB5559@michelle.cdnetworks.com>
References:  <alpine.OSX.2.00.1107042113000.2407@freemac> <20110706201509.GA5559@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B523819385C32D9115@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> <20110706214016.GB5559@michelle.cdnetworks.com>

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> > > Data sheet says IfHCInBadOctets indicates number of octets received
> > > on the interface, including framing characters for packets that
> > > were dropped in the MAC for any reason.
> >
> > The IfHcInBadOctets counter says the controller received X bytes
> > that were bad on the wire (collisions, FCS errors, etc.).  A value
>=20
> I thought that too. But other counters such as FCS, FAE, Collisions,
> Jabbers were all zero.
>=20

Also includes frames dropped due to an incorrect destination MAC
address (i.e. perfect MAC filter mismatch).  This means the NIC=20
received a unicast frame for a MAC address that doesn't match the
NIC's MAC address.  Very common on a hub and occurs occasionally
on switches as well.

Dave




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