[techtalk] Poor performance on home LAN
Robert Kiesling
kiesling at mainmatter.com
Tue Feb 8 05:19:38 EST 2000
Laurel Fan <lf25+ at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> According to the ifconfig source, it's frame alignment error. I think
> frame alignment error usually means that it gets a packet/frame that is
> not properly aligned, IE not a multiple of 8 bits. That definitely
> shouldn't be happening that often.
If memory serves, a frame is the synchronization wrapper around the
TCP/IP data packet. I would look to faulty network cards or network
cards that inadvertently have the same addresses.... if the cards
are Plug 'n' Pray, then it might actually be a motherboard or PCi
bus error. Comer's networking book, btw, is a std reference
for TCP/IP networking (haven't read it).
Cheers!
Robert
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