Re: Wierd ifconfig output in 2.1.130

Tigran Aivazian (tigran@aivazian.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 3 Dec 1998 12:28:32 +0000 (GMT)


upgrade net-tools to at least 1.45 but better even 1.46 (the latest, I think)

Regards,
Tigran

On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Daniel Kiracofe wrote:

> I'm noticing some really strange ifconfig outputs with 2.1.130. For
> example:
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
> RX packets:219 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:51604 dropped:219 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll:0
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:C8:3E:06:ED
> inet addr:164.107.69.191 Bcast:164.107.69.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:3460 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:131119 dropped:1466 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll:0
> Interrupt:12 Base address:0x6100
>
> ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
> inet addr:192.168.1.1 P-t-P:192.168.1.2 Mask:255.255.255.255
> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:597 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1
> TX packets:0 errors:92103 dropped:459 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll:0
>
>
> On all three interfaces, the TX packets are zero and the errors are
> incredible. Yet, I'm not getting that many errors or dropped packets that
> I can tell. I can ping flood ppp0 with about 50% packet loss. That
> would imply that 50% were transmitted, yet it doesn't show above. I
> glanced briefly at the kernel source, but I have no idea where the
> accounting for this is done. Thoughts anyone? Here is my config:
>
> #
> # Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit
> #
>
> #
> # Code maturity level options
> #
> # CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is not set
>
> #
> # Processor type and features
> #
> # CONFIG_M386 is not set
> # CONFIG_M486 is not set
> CONFIG_M586=y
> # CONFIG_M686 is not set
> # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
>
> #
> # Loadable module support
> #
> CONFIG_MODULES=y
> CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
> CONFIG_KMOD=y
>
> #
> # General setup
> #
> CONFIG_NET=y
> CONFIG_PCI=y
> CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
> CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
> CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS=y
> CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC=y
> # CONFIG_MCA is not set
> CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
> # CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set
> CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
> CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m
> CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
> # CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC is not set
> # CONFIG_PARPORT is not set
> # CONFIG_APM is not set
>
> #
> # Plug and Play support
> #
> # CONFIG_PNP is not set
>
> #
> # Block devices
> #
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=m
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=m
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=m
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=m
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
> CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
> # CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
> CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=y
> # CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
>
> #
> # Networking options
> #
> CONFIG_PACKET=y
> # CONFIG_NETLINK is not set
> CONFIG_FIREWALL=y
> CONFIG_NET_ALIAS=y
> # CONFIG_FILTER is not set
> CONFIG_UNIX=y
> CONFIG_INET=y
> # CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
> # CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
> # CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
> CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL=y
> CONFIG_IP_TRANSPARENT_PROXY=y
> # CONFIG_IP_ALWAYS_DEFRAG is not set
> CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE=y
> # CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_ICMP is not set
> # CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
> CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=y
> # CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set
> # CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set
> CONFIG_IP_NOSR=y
> CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y
> # CONFIG_IPX is not set
> # CONFIG_ATALK is not set
>
> #
> # SCSI support
> #
> CONFIG_SCSI=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
> # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR is not set
> # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG is not set
> CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y
> CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
> # CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING is not set
>
> #
> # SCSI low-level drivers
> #
> # CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740 is not set
> CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=y
> # CONFIG_OVERRIDE_CMDS is not set
> # CONFIG_AIC7XXX_PROC_STATS is not set
> CONFIG_AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY=5
> # CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2000 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2220I is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_PSI240I is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_T128 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR is not set
>
> #
> # Network device support
> #
> CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
> # CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
> CONFIG_DUMMY=m
> # CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
> CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
> # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set
> # CONFIG_LANCE is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set
> CONFIG_NET_EISA=y
> # CONFIG_PCNET32 is not set
> # CONFIG_APRICOT is not set
> # CONFIG_CS89x0 is not set
> CONFIG_DE4X5=m
> # CONFIG_DEC_ELCP is not set
> # CONFIG_DGRS is not set
> # CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO100 is not set
> # CONFIG_NE2K_PCI is not set
> # CONFIG_TLAN is not set
> # CONFIG_VIA_RHINE is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
> # CONFIG_FDDI is not set
> # CONFIG_DLCI is not set
> CONFIG_PPP=m
> # CONFIG_SLIP is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
> # CONFIG_TR is not set
> # CONFIG_HOSTESS_SV11 is not set
> # CONFIG_WAN_DRIVERS is not set
> # CONFIG_LAPBETHER is not set
> # CONFIG_X25_ASY is not set
>
> #
> # Amateur Radio support
> #
> # CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set
>
> #
> # ISDN subsystem
> #
> # CONFIG_ISDN is not set
>
> #
> # CD-ROM drivers (not for SCSI or IDE/ATAPI drives)
> #
> # CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set
>
> #
> # Character devices
> #
> CONFIG_VT=y
> CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
> CONFIG_SERIAL=m
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set
> CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
> CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
> # CONFIG_MOUSE is not set
> # CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
> # CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
> # CONFIG_RTC is not set
> # CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set
> # CONFIG_NVRAM is not set
> # CONFIG_JOYSTICK is not set
>
> #
> # Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
> #
> # CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
>
> #
> # Filesystems
> #
> CONFIG_QUOTA=y
> # CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
> CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
> CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
> # CONFIG_JOLIET is not set
> CONFIG_FAT_FS=m
> CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m
> # CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set
> CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
> CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
> # CONFIG_NFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_NFSD is not set
> # CONFIG_SUNRPC is not set
> # CONFIG_LOCKD is not set
> # CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL is not set
> # CONFIG_SMD_DISKLABEL is not set
> # CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION is not set
> CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
> # CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION is not set
> CONFIG_NLS=y
>
> #
> # Native Language Support
> #
> CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=m
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set
> CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=m
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set
>
> #
> # Console drivers
> #
> CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
> CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
>
> #
> # Sound
> #
> # CONFIG_SOUND is not set
>
> #
> # Kernel hacking
> #
> # CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ is not set
>
> --
> /* Daniel */
> WWW: http://users.gurulink.com/drk
>
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