i have used three diff cables that have worked on other computers. So it is
probably the NIC. Will try one more cable that i know is working tho, JIC :)
Thomas Mondoshawan Tate wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 10:28:14PM -0700, robert jorgenson wrote:
> > okay i keep getting these error messages...
> >
> > kernel: eth0: mismatched readpage pointers XX vs XX
> > kernal: eth0: next frame incosistency, 0x80
> >
> > what do these mean? could it be the reason my connection is sooo very slow?
>
> These mean that the frames your ethernet card are pulling are either bad at
> the point of capture, or the ethernet's frame ring-buffer is bad. Those
> errors are probably exactly why your connection is so slow. Check the
> ethernet cable -- do some stress tests with another computer/NIC. If things
> check out okay, chances are it's your NIC.
>
> --
> Thomas "Mondoshawan" Tate
> phoenix@psy.ed.asu.edu
> http://tank.dyndns.org
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