Looks like your switch is in auto negotiate mode. Hard code the switch port to 100Mbs, full duplex. Run 'ifstat -z e3a' to reset your interface counters and look at it again.

BTW, what kind of switch are you hooked up to?

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-----Original Message----- From: Robert Johannes [mailto:rjohanne@damango.net] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 4:51 PM To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Any clue to why I'm getting errors below?

Below is the out put from ifstat. I'm wondering what could be causing the errors in both the TRANSMIT and RECEIVE sections, and why the Underflow in the TRANSMIT section.

Could(are) the errors and Underflows in the TRANSMIT section be related?

OUTPUT FROM IFSTAT

daspace1> ifstat e3a e3a: MAC address 00:c0:95:e0:fc:7c

RECEIVE

Packets: 116m | Bytes: 2762m | Errors:

19 No buffers: 0 | Length err: 0 | Runt frames: 0 Long frames: 0 | Collisions: 0 | CRC error: 19 H/w overflow: 0 | Process stop: 2239k | List overflow: 0 Process reset: 2239k | Rst frame drops: 585 TRANSMIT ======== Packets: 132m | Bytes: 1196m | Errors: 8376 Collisions: 0 | Late collisions: 0 | Excess coll: 0 Queue full: 0 | List full: 0 | No carrier: 0 Underflow: 8321 | Defer: 0 | Time out: 0 Stopped: 0 | List underflow: 2164 | Loss of carrier: 0 No buffers: 0 | Requeue: 1396 | Threshold up: 1396 Threshold dn: 1396 | Threshold lvl: 0 DEVICE ======= Interrupts: 224m | Resets: 9 LINK INFO ========= Auto: Enabled | Mediatype: 100tx-fd | Link Partner: Auto | Link State: Up

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

robert

Robert Johannes Systems Administrator Kairos-Damango Internet Services Inc. 1300 Godward Street suite 3200 Minneapolis, MN 55413