Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 12:10:01 -0400 From: Luis Munoz <lem@cantv.net> To: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>, mrcpu@internetcds.com, wilko@yedi.iaf.nl Cc: FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, eischen@vigrid.com Subject: Re: comments on de driver error message? Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19981230121001.0088e6e0@pop.cantv.net> In-Reply-To: <199812300430.XAA10206@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
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FWIW, I had the same configuration (with switches instead of hubs) and were getting the same errors in a couple of boxes. When I certified the patch cords of the top two machines appearing in the logs with a WireScope 155 I found one of them bad. After replacing both of them, I've seen no more messages like those. At first I was bitching about the cheap cards or the driver but hey, it was the cable. What stroke me is that even with an expensive cable-testing device one of the cables was 'good'! Regards. -lem At 11:30 PM 29/12/98 -0500, Daniel Eischen wrote: >> I tested all mine with a Fluke Lanmeter 6802 to 100mbit, and they all >> checked fine. Only the de0 card reports any errors, nothing else >> (including the hubs and the lan tester) think anything is wrong at all... > >Does the Lanmeter also validate the CRCs in the packets? > >If the de error messages always indicate teh same Ethernet >address(es) and there are other systems in the network that >don't evoke these same messages, then it is hard to point >the finger at the de card. > >In my case, the error message always indicated the same >Ethernet address. It turned out the RJ58 connector was >crimped too hard, so that the metal contacts were recessed >too much and didn't make a good connection when it was >plugged in. The fault was mine because I made the [bad] >cables in the first place :( > >Dan Eischen >eischen@vigrid.com > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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