0.90p and DFE-500TX

[Peter Green]

> Anyway, ifconfig reports rather strange interface statistics.  Note that the
> interface actually works.
> 
> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:80:C8:93:EC:E7  
>           inet addr:131.220.223.83  Bcast:131.220.223.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:5545 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >         TX packets:2 errors:1433 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1433

I've noticed this as well, regardless of the tulip/epic100/3c59x/whatever
driver being used. It's an old version of net-tools that's causing the
confusion. Upgrade to the latest version and the stats magically right
themselves. :)

/pg
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Peter Green
Gospel Communications Network, SysAdmin
pcg@gospelcom.net