Joris,

> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 00:07:24 +0200
> From: Joris <joris@linux.be>
> For some reason, I got a really dramatic increase of those messages:
> (eg, they happened before, but very little)
> eth1: Tx error, status 4 (FID=00BE)
[snip!]
> NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
> eth1: Tx timeout! Resetting card.
> And all over and over again.

What version of the Orinoco_cs driver are you using?
The most recent version is 0.12b.

> I started measuring, and it seems that I loose approx 36% of all packages
> over that interface...
> (The system is a debian linux 2.4.18 with a ricoh pcmcia craddle, with a
> cabletron card in it)
> 
> 
> What could this be? Failing config? interrupt problems? (shouldn't be)
> Microwave nearby?
> (can't monitor link quality in adhoc under linux)

To be able to monitor the link quality in ad-hoc mode under linux, you 
need to tell it the ip or mac address of the card your connecting to:
iwspy eth3 + 10.0.2.1

You can then use iwspy or iwconfig to monitor the link quality.

Cheers,
Martin.

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