bce packet loss

[YongHyeon PYUN]

On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 02:47:24PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> > > > Data sheet says IfHCInBadOctets indicates number of octets received
> > > > on the interface, including framing characters for packets that
> > > > were dropped in the MAC for any reason.
> > >
> > > The IfHcInBadOctets counter says the controller received X bytes
> > > that were bad on the wire (collisions, FCS errors, etc.).  A value
> > 
> > I thought that too. But other counters such as FCS, FAE, Collisions,
> > Jabbers were all zero.
> > 
> 
> Also includes frames dropped due to an incorrect destination MAC
> address (i.e. perfect MAC filter mismatch).  This means the NIC 

Thanks, that explains it. :-)

> received a unicast frame for a MAC address that doesn't match the
> NIC's MAC address.  Very common on a hub and occurs occasionally
> on switches as well.
> 
> Dave
> 
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