atheros card with lots of Ierrs in `netstat -i`

[Chris Ruiz]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Alexander Best <alexbestms at wwu.de> wrote:
> hi there,
>
> `netstat -i` reports:
>
> Name    Mtu Network       Address              Ipkts Ierrs Idrop    Opkts
> Oerrs  Coll
> ath0   2290 <Link#1>      00:0f:b5:82:07:c8  6046435 691159     0   654080
> 0     0
> lo0   16384 <Link#2>                         1280796     0     0  1280796
> 0     0
> lo0   16384 your-net      localhost.otaku    1280796     -     -  1280796
> -     -
> wlan0  1500 <Link#3>      00:0f:b5:82:07:c8   821650     0     0   635461
> 20     0
> wlan0  1500 192.168.1.0   localhost.otaku     821223     -     -   635140
> -     -

ath0   2290 <Link#3>      00:0f:b5:4f:9a:94 11057975 2376009     0
219466     0     0

> are the Ierrs for ath0 normal or is this something to worry about? i'm running
> HEAD (r205561) on amd64. this is my card:
>
> ath0 at pci0:5:1:0:        class=0x020000 card=0x5a001385 chip=0x0013168c
> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
>    device     = '802.11a/b/g Wireless Adapter (AR2312)'
>    class      = network
>    subclass   = ethernet

ath0 at pci0:6:0:0:        class=0x020000 card=0x5a001385 chip=0x0013168c
rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
    device     = '802.11a/b/g Wireless Adapter (AR5212)'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet

I've noticed that Ierrs never stay at 0 on ath0 for a while now and I
haven't had any noticeable problems with my network.  I run my card in
hostap mode on r204812.

-- Chris

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