Excerpts from linuxchix: 7-Feb-100 [techtalk] Poor performance.. by
"Nathan T. Lynch"@austin
> What's with the big numbers in the TX 'frame' fields? I'm not even sure
> what that field signifies, someone care to enlighten me? (man ifconfig
> wasn't much help.)
According to the ifconfig source,
On Mon, 07 February 2000, Deb Richardson wrote:
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> Just so all the new folks know...introductions should only be posted to
> grrltalk. I get to crosspost stuff 'cuz I run the place ;)
>
> Thanks!
>
> - deb
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and a very good job you do, Deb..
Kelly
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#if Laurel Fan
> Well, that probably wasn't much help. You should probably talk to
> someone who knows more about ethernet (linux-networking mailing list may
> be a good place to ask if noone here can help) :)
I agree talking to a linux-networking list is the best plan. The theories
about it bei
At 07:28 PM 2/6/00 +0200, you wrote:
>hi :)
>
>from the PPP-FAQ
>( I didnt know what Dynamic DNS was but now i do - we all learn )
>
>
>12.6 My provider wants to use a dynamic DNS address which is not the same with
>every connection. Yet, Linux wants just one address in the /etc/resolv.conf file.
> According to the ifconfig source, it's frame alignment error. I think
> frame alignment error usually means that it gets a packet/frame that is
> not properly aligned, IE not a multiple of 8 bits. That definitely
> shouldn't be happening that often.
Hmm. Maybe there's some sort of trouble wi
I seem to be in the habit of forgetting to include rather relevant info
in my posts and replies...
Laurel Fan:
... (you aren't overclocking, are you? does the card share an
interrupt?)...
Rik Hemsley:
The theories about it being the OS' networking layer or hardware (shared
interrupts etc) see
> I agree talking to a linux-networking list is the best plan. The theories
> about it being the OS' networking layer or hardware (shared interrupts etc)
> seem like the more likely culprits to me too.
i'll bet a guilder it's a shared interrupt problem. my tulip ethernet
card doesn't work if it
Laurel Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> According to the ifconfig source, it's frame alignment error. I think
> frame alignment error usually means that it gets a packet/frame that is
> not properly aligned, IE not a multiple of 8 bits. That definitely
> shouldn't be happening that often.
If
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