[2729] in linux-net channel archive
Re: networking, 1.3.91
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Gortmaker)
Mon Apr 29 18:34:25 1996
From: Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@rsphy6.anu.edu.au>
To: rberry@albany.net (Russell Berry)
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 18:19:33 +1000 (EST)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.93.960425073008.15798A-100000@magik.albany.net> from "Russell Berry" at Apr 25, 96 07:33:07 am
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> All that you suggest checks out, I did notice another
> additional oddity. when I do an ifconfig sometimes
> it shows eth0 in promisc mode! So I ifconfig eth0 -promisc,
> it goes back to the way it was and everything runs smoothly
> for a couple more hours. When the network starts dragging
> again later, I'll do ifconfig, and the promisc will be back
> again!! Is my card dying?
Having promiscous mode enabled on a busy net would explain why you are
getting a large number of Rx overruns, that is for sure. And the bogus
packets are a side-effect of the overrun.
The question that remains is who is putting your card into promisc
mode? This is something that I'd be looking into in a real hurry.
Paul.
