Kevin Traas wrote: > > I'm getting a lot of the following error messages on the console of one of > my boxes. It's a 386DX/40 with a PPP link to an ISP. > > ppp: frame with bad fcs, excess = 2a48 > > It seems that for each one of these, ifconfig reports an error on the ppp0 > interface. > > Any ideas what fcs stands for? Any ideas on why this is occuring? > > I'm running IRQTune. It's a 16450 UART. I'm running the port at 38400bps. > > I've run the same on similar 386's and have had no problems.... > > TIA for any help/suggestions. >
FCS == Frame Check Sequence. It's like /usr/bin/sum, but for each PPP packet sent to make sure there's no corruption. I'm not sure how to interpret "excess". -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
