$ /sbin/ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:AD:87:99:83
inet addr:64.94.46.199 Bcast:64.94.47.255 Mask:255.255.254.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:482743 errors:190479 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

I'm getting a high error rate on one of the ethernet cards of my machine (I have two cards on it).

Does anyone know how to determine what's causing the errors?

I SSH into that interface all the time and haven't noticed any speed problems, despite the errors.

Is the the card connected to a hub or a switch?

Could be a duplex mis-match, maybe?

Richard

your getting recieve errors. That could be a bad ethernet card or transmission problems.

> Is the the card connected to a hub or a switch?

I don't know. This is a dedicated server from ServerCentral.net.

How would I find out?

Originally posted by pmak0
[BHow would I find out? [/B]

ask them;)

Most of the time when we see errors, they are normally fixed by hard setting the speed/duplex.

Hope that helps!

I typed "mii-tool -v eth0" and found out that eth0 was set to 10Mbps, half duplex.

I've tried "mii-tool -F 10baseT-FD eth0" and then typed "mii-tool -v eth0" which verified that eth0 was set to 10Mbps, full duplex, but the receive errors in "ifconfig" are still going up.

I guess I'll ask my webhost about it.

I may be observing something unusual. But I usually see these types of errors reported in the system logs.

You don't see any error messages?

What OS are you using, and what NIC driver?