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- Subject: Re: SQE, Once more
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.073649.1@ptavv.llnl.gov>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 15:36:49 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul31.124357.10781@relay.nswc.navy.mil>, tdrake@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Tim Drake - E41) writes:
- >
- > I've read all the postings on SQE I've seen in the last two
- > weeks (many). I'm still unclear on a few points. SQE should
- > help me find problems in faulty MAU's, but how?? Say I'm working
- > on a Unix system, what command will report the error's I shoud see
- > if I have SQE turned on and the MAU is faulty. In short how can
- > SQE help me find problems.
-
- You've just hit one of my big gripes with vendors. Many, but not all U*ix OSes
- simply ignore the SQE error. In this environment there is little you can do
- with the fact that SQE is enabled except to complain loudly to the vendor.
-
- For those systems that do count SQE errors, something like netstat should
- return the counts. SNMP is a better way to get this information.
-
- > My other confusion is if it looks like a collision to my MAU
- > (the "CP collision packet" LED lights up) how does the system
- > tell the difference between the "test" and an actual collision?
-
- It's all a matter of timing. The SQE signal is generated immediately after a
- packet is transmitted. During this interval the network is not (or should not)
- be carrying any traffic. Since the SQE check is sent by the MAU itself, it
- expects it and so does the controller.
-
- > I must admit that we turn SQE off religiosly because of problems
- > we had with it being enabled and connected to repeater equipment.
-
- Amazing to me how many people don't read the instructions, hook up a MAU with
- SQE enabled to a repeater, have it fail, and declare SQE a BAD THING to be
- turned off all the time. I know of several sites that operate this way and I
- think they are all crazy (or lazy).
-
- If a driver counts SQE errors, as many do, turning off SQE has deprived you of
- a significant tool for discovering network problems. If a driver does not count
- SQE errors, the vendor has deprived you the tool and you should complain
- LOUDLY!
-
- R. Kevin Oberman Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Internet: koberman@llnl.gov (510) 422-6955
-
- Disclaimer: Don't take this too seriously. I just like to improve my typing
- and probably don't really know anything useful about anything.
-