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Date:      Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:34:31 +0000
From:      Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org>
To:        Alexander Best <alexbestms@wwu.de>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: atheros card with lots of Ierrs in `netstat -i`
Message-ID:  <A0E334CB-5FCB-41B3-86AE-69E96EBA19AA@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <permail-201003261724421e86ffa800005db4-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de>
References:  <permail-201003261724421e86ffa800005db4-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de>

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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 <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
> -     -
>=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




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