Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 15:45:24 -0700 (MST) From: Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> To: ianw@angel.comcen.com.au (ian wynne) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <199702262245.PAA18860@xmission.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <199702250906.UAA16979@angel.comcen.com.au> from "ian wynne" at Feb 25, 97 08:06:32 pm
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> I've fetched the rfc on ppp and the FCS stands for Frame Check Sum, so I'm
> check sum errors. I've turned on all the logging I can, and these errors
> occur when udp packets are being passed backwards and forward. I think this
> is then supposed to lead to the machines changing to tcp/ip mode.
FCS stands for "frame check sequence" which is *not* a checksum, it is
the sequence of characters used to simulate a data frame over an
asynchronous link like a modem. If you are getting FCS errors on
dial-up PPP, you are having basic communications problems with your
modem link.
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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