I think I seem to be having problems with collisions.
The collisions are incrementing at about 1 per second.
I need some advice on how to troubleshoot this.
Not sure if this is coincidence but, m0n0wall is showing the WAN port
as simply being 100baseTX, not 100baseTX <full-duplex>
WAN interface
Status up
MAC address 00:40:48:b1:a6:0e
IP address 8.A.B.250
Subnet mask 255.255.255.252
Gateway 8.A.B.249
Media 100baseTX
In/out packets 2027038/2080774 (788.76 MB/755.46 MB)
In/out errors 0/1
Collisions 2387
rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
options=40<POLLING>
inet 192.168.18.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.18.255
ether 00:40:48:b1:a6:0f
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
status: active
rl1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
options=40<POLLING>
inet 8.A.B.250 netmask 0xfffffffc broadcast 8.A.B.251
ether 00:40:48:b1:a6:0e
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX)
status: active
<interfaces>
<lan>
<if>rl0</if>
<ipaddr>192.168.18.1</ipaddr>
<subnet>24</subnet>
<media/>
<mediaopt/>
</lan>
<wan>
<if>rl1</if>
<mtu/>
<media/>
<mediaopt/>
<spoofmac/>
<ipaddr>8.A.B.250</ipaddr>
<subnet>30</subnet>
<gateway>8.A.B.249</gateway>
<blockpriv/>
</wan>
The physcial connections for this router are:
--inet--IPS--m0n0wall--LAN
the inet connection is a 100mb feed from co-lo provider
the IPS is a device from 3com/TippingPoint
The IPS details
IPS# show configuration interface
interface mgmtEthernet
ip 192.168.18.10
mask 255.255.255.0
exit
interface ethernet 3 1
no negotiate
duplex full
linespeed 100
no shutdown
exit
interface ethernet 3 2
no negotiate
duplex full
linespeed 100
no shutdown
exit
interface settings poll-interval 2000
interface settings detect-mdi enable
interface settings mdi-mode mdix
IPS#
IPS# show interface ethernet -details
Slot/Port 3/1
Type Ethernet
MTU 1500
Link up(1)
Speed 100
Duplex Full(3)
RX Unicast Pkts 1941171
RX Multicast Pkts 17027
RX Broadcast Pkts 2
RX Error Pkts 0
RX Discards 0
RX Unknown Protocols 0
RX Total Pkts 1958200
RX Total Bytes 677180427
TX Unicast Pkts 1903878
TX Multicast Pkts 0
TX Broadcast Pkts 839
TX Total Pkts 1904717
TX Total Bytes 719788248
Port State Active
State 1 Qualifier OK
State 2 Qualifier No Info
Port Config Type Simplex
Slot/Port 3/2
Type Ethernet
MTU 1500
Link up(1)
Speed 100
Duplex Full(3)
RX Unicast Pkts 1904299
RX Multicast Pkts 0
RX Broadcast Pkts 839
RX Error Pkts 0
RX Discards 0
RX Unknown Protocols 0
RX Total Pkts 1905138
RX Total Bytes 720186561
TX Unicast Pkts 1939874
TX Multicast Pkts 17024
TX Broadcast Pkts 1
TX Total Pkts 1956899
TX Total Bytes 676712574
Port State Active
State 1 Qualifier OK
State 2 Qualifier No Info
Port Config Type Simplex | 