[Soekris] 4801 Ethernet errors

[Austin Murphy]

On 2/6/07, Joshua Coombs <jcoombs at gwi.net> wrote:
> I just setup a 4801-60 + vpn1411 with m0n0wall 1.23b (FreeBSD 4.11
> based).  I've got the 1.5A higher output powersupply.  All three
> interfaces are cabled up to HP 6108 gigabit switches, two 5' cables, one
> 8' cable.  Ports are hardcoded to 100/Full on both ends.
>
> Even at low sustained data rates (100kbps) I'm racking up a high number
> of CRC and other ethernet errors on the 6108s.
>
> Is this a cable length issue, should I not be hardcoding to 100/full?
> I'm open to any suggestions on how to get these interfaces running clean.

Try taking out the vpn1411.  Nobody seems to be able to get it to work
properly or even describe why there is a problem.  The usual symptom
is "Corrupted MAC on input" over an SSH connection in OpenBSD.  I
don't know why this would cause ethernet errors...

Austin