Too many errors?

[just_grass]

My routers stats, on a 1meg line.

Stat - Downstream - Upstream

SNR Margin - 14.8 - 25.0dB
Line Attenuation - 53.8 - 31.5dB
Errored Seconds - 13721 - 144
Loss of Signal - 1 - 1
Loss of Frame - 0 - 0
CRC Errors - 15876 - 173
Data Rate - 1152 - 288 kbps
Latency - FAST - FAST

Are the CRC errors and Errored seconds too high?

The router has been up for 6days and 11 hours.

The connection has been VERY stable for a long time, but recently had a few disconnects, - Which Ive put down to BT upgrading for MaxDSL.

2.06GB downloaded in this time, and 686.9MB uploaded.

Any thoughts on this?
Thanks,
Alex

 

[benjo plz.]

Well you don't want to be using a cheap safecom router for a start, but the amount of errors aren't too high for that router.

 

[tolien]

Only 2% errored seconds, hardly significant.

 

[just_grass]

I'm stuck with tht router, as we were on a budget and it happened to look a decent deal. *shrug*

Tolien, how did you work that out?

and, whats the difference between Errored seconds and CRC errors?

Thanks guys,
Alex

 

[tolien]

Tolien, how did you work that out?

The router has been up for 6days and 11 hours.

Errored Seconds - 13721 - 144

6 days 11 hours is 558000 seconds. 13721/558000 = 0.0246 = 2%.

and, whats the difference between Errored seconds and CRC errors?

Not a lot. Errored seconds doesn't count the number of errors in that second - you could have 100000 errors in that second, or 1. Without the number of frames shifted, CRC error counts are pretty useless though.

 

[just_grass]

# - Connection Name - Interface - Mode - Status - Pkts Sent - Pkts Rcvd - Bytes Sent - Bytes Rcvd
1 - PPPoPvc 0 - Pvc 0 - PPPoA - Connected - 1949437 - 2285075 - 418128689 - 1532027174

Packets the same as frames? - probably not... but thats the only other stats i can produce afaik.

Thanks, I think I get it...
Alex.

edit: more stats:

Transmit Receive
Bytes 1152622164 3098604667
Cells 21747588 0
HEC Errors N/A 0
Mgmt Cells 4 2
CLP0 Cells 21747588 58464239
CLP1 Cells 0 0
Errors 0 0
Misrouted Cells N/A 28

 

[benjo plz.]

Packets the same as frames? - probably not... but thats the only other stats i can produce afaik.

Nope . The packet is inside the frame.

As I said before, the errors aren't particularly high for that router. Even though they're cheap, they do their job fine.