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- Subject: Re: PPP high error rates !!!
- Message-ID: <311D2B9F.1044@eecs.ukans.edu>
- From: Jeff Long <long@eecs.ukans.edu>
- Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 17:34:55 -0600
- References: <tcelaDM742L.73y@netcom.com> <4favqm$brr@news.tamu.edu> <4fgoib$nrb@news.tamu.edu>
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- Timothy Wayne Kieschnick wrote:
- >
- > In article <4favqm$brr@news.tamu.edu>,
- > Tim Kieschnick <tkies@educ.tamu.edu> wrote:
- > >In article <tcelaDM742L.73y@netcom.com>,
- > >Thomson Consumer Electronic <bok@bok.net> wrote:
- > >>The errors reported by ifconfig worry me :
- > >>
- > >>ppp0 Link encap:Point-Point Protocol
- > >> inet addr:206.24.116.33 P-t-P:206.24.112.2 Mask:255.255.255.0
- > >> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
- > >> RX packets:6596 errors:33 dropped:0 overruns:0
- > >> TX packets:8092 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
- > >Me too...
- >
- > I've fixed these by using the hdparm utility to turn on unmasking of
- > IDE interupts. The errors disappeared.
-
- Be careful using hdparm to do this. If you are using an EIDE drive
- on a motherboard that uses the PC-Tech RZ1000 controller chip this can
- cause data loss if your BIOS has the RZ1000 pre-fetch feature turned on.
-
-
- >
- > >However, I can plug a Supra 28.8 in and change the init from at&f1 to
- > >at&f2 (to keep hardware flow control) and no problems!
- >
- > I still don't understand how this is happening.
- >
- > ---
- > Tim Kieschnick
- > timk@tamu.edu
-
- --
- Jeff Long
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