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This page presents key information on the Ethernet port. The Ethernet
port is the wired connection to the Ethernet network.
Settings
Configuration
The top row of the Configuration section of the table contains
a Set Properties link that leads to the
Ethernet Hardware page.
- Status of "fec0" -- "Fast Ethernet Controller"
is part of Motorola's naming convention for the Ethernet device
used by the device. This field displays one of the three possible
operating states for the port. The added term primary identifies
the port as the primary port for the device. Operating states
include:
- Up -- The port is operating properly.
- Down -- The port is not operating.
- Error -- The port is in an error
condition.
- Maximum Rate (Mb/s) -- Maximum rate
of data transmission in megabits per second.
- IP Address -- The IP address of the
port.
- MAC Address -- The unique identifier
assigned to the device by the manufacturer.
- Duplex -- The port's duplex setting,
either half or full.
Statistics:Receive
This section reports the data traffic received through the Ethernet
port.
- Unicast Packets -- The number of packets
received in point-to-point communication.
- Multicast Packets -- The number of
packets received that were sent as a transmission to a set of
nodes.
- Total Bytes -- Total number of bytes
received.
- Total Errors -- Total number of packets
determined to be in error.
- Discarded Packets -- Packets discarded
due to errors or network congestion.
- Forwardable Packets -- Packets received
by the port that were acceptable or passable through the filters.
- Filtered Packets -- Packets that were
stopped or screened by the filters set up on the port.
- Packet CRC Errors -- Cyclic redundancy
check (CRC) errors that were detected in a received packet.
- Carrier Sense Lost -- The number of
disconnects from the Ethernet network. Carrier sense lost events
are usually caused by disconnected wiring.
- Late Collisions -- Packet errors that
probably were caused by overlong wiring problems. Late collisions
could also indicate a failing NIC card.
- Overrun Packets -- Ethernet packets
that were discarded because the device had a temporary overload
of packets to handle.
- Packets Too Long -- Ethernet packets
that were larger than the maximum packet size of 1518 bytes.
- Packets Too Short -- Ethernet packets
that were shorter than the minimum packet size of 64 bytes.
- Packets Truncated -- Corrupt or incomplete
packets.
Statistics:Transmit
This section reports the data traffic transmitted from the Ethernet
port.
- Unicast Packets -- The number of
packets transmitted in point-to-point communication.
- Multicast Packets -- The number of
packets transmitted that were sent as a transmission to a set
of nodes.
- Total Bytes -- Total number of bytes
transmitted from the port.
- Total Errors -- The number of packets
determined to be in error.
- Discarded Packets -- The number of
packets discarded by the device due to errors or network congestion.
- Forwarded Packets -- The number of
packets transmitted by the port that were acceptable or passable
through the filters.
- Max Retry Packets -- Packets that
failed after being retried several times.
- Total Collisions -- The number of
packet collisions that occurred through this port.
- Late Collisions -- Packet errors that
were likely caused by overlong wiring problems. Could also indicate
a failing NIC card.
- Underrun Packets -- Packets failed
to be sent because the device was unable to keep up with the Ethernet
controller.
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