RX and TX errors

[Donald Becker]

On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, P. Thomas Schoenemann wrote:

> What does it mean when if ifconfig reports a number of errors, but no other
> problems?  Is this more likely a software or a hardware problem?  I suspect
...
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:04:87:D2:5A
>           RX packets:655 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:456 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

This isn't reporting any errors, it's reporting "errors:0" 

(The author of the 'ifconfig' program made several human factors gaffes.)

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