From: Lisa Casey on
Hi,

I have a cisco 2600 series router that has been functioning quite normally
for a couple of years. Within the last 2-3 weeks, I've been getting
%AMDP2_FE-5-EXCESSCOLL: Ethernet0/0 TDR=1, TRC=0
errors sent to my syslog. My sho int ethernet0/0 is as follows:

Ethernet0/0 is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is AmdP2, address is 0002.16bb.64a0 (bia 0002.16bb.64a0)
Internet address is 208.44.26.1/23
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000 Kbit, DLY 1000 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
Keepalive set (10 sec)
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Last input 00:00:00, output 00:00:00, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
Queueing strategy: fifo
Output queue 0/40, 137 drops; input queue 0/75, 30 drops
5 minute input rate 58000 bits/sec, 31 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 29000 bits/sec, 28 packets/sec
117808771 packets input, 2851115318 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 194097 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
11226 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 11226 ignored
0 input packets with dribble condition detected
105960040 packets output, 441677166 bytes, 0 underruns
449 output errors, 622296 collisions, 1 interface resets
0 babbles, 0 late collision, 1019742 deferred
0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out

I have googled this, and read that excessive collisions is often caused by
bad cabling/connectors. I also read that the TDR can be used to pinpoint
where along the cabling the fault may lie. There is supposedly an equation
that will help me figure out what the TDR=1 means as far as where a cable
fault might be but I can't find that equation. Can someone help?

Thanks,

Lisa Casey


From: www.BradReese.Com on
Hi Lisa,

Cisco Error Message:

%AMDP2_FE-5-EXCESSCOLL:

Ethernet or Fast Ethernet is seeing multiple collisions.

This condition may occur under heavy loads.

If an interface fails to allocate a slot in which it can transmit its
frame without another collision for 16 times, it will not retry the
operation.

The frame is not transmitted and is marked as an excessive collision.

-------------------------------------

Cisco's Recommended Action:

The system should recover.

No action is required.

-------------------------------------

Hope this helps.

Brad Reese
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From: Houston SBC on
You can also get excessive collisions if the duplex settings do not match
between the E0./0 port and whatever you are attached to. Beware the low end
switches produced by Linksys,etc. I have had to power cycle the cheap and
expensisve swithes to get duplex settings to match.

Years ago one of my occasional customers spent in excess of 100K
reprogramming their apps, because data transfer was taking over 9 hours on a
100Mbps ethernet.

I found a duplex mis-match and resolved it. The transfer then took 8
minutes. Do not trust auto sensing equipment-CHECK both ends and if possible
manually set the duplex and speed settings.

Digital Doug
Systems Analyst




"Lisa Casey" <lisa(a)jellico.net> wrote in message
news:12jhn3ioo8f5cc3(a)corp.supernews.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a cisco 2600 series router that has been functioning quite normally
> for a couple of years. Within the last 2-3 weeks, I've been getting
> %AMDP2_FE-5-EXCESSCOLL: Ethernet0/0 TDR=1, TRC=0
> errors sent to my syslog. My sho int ethernet0/0 is as follows:
>
> Ethernet0/0 is up, line protocol is up
> Hardware is AmdP2, address is 0002.16bb.64a0 (bia 0002.16bb.64a0)
> Internet address is 208.44.26.1/23
> MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000 Kbit, DLY 1000 usec,
> reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
> Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
> Keepalive set (10 sec)
> ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
> Last input 00:00:00, output 00:00:00, output hang never
> Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
> Queueing strategy: fifo
> Output queue 0/40, 137 drops; input queue 0/75, 30 drops
> 5 minute input rate 58000 bits/sec, 31 packets/sec
> 5 minute output rate 29000 bits/sec, 28 packets/sec
> 117808771 packets input, 2851115318 bytes, 0 no buffer
> Received 194097 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
> 11226 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 11226 ignored
> 0 input packets with dribble condition detected
> 105960040 packets output, 441677166 bytes, 0 underruns
> 449 output errors, 622296 collisions, 1 interface resets
> 0 babbles, 0 late collision, 1019742 deferred
> 0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier
> 0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
>
> I have googled this, and read that excessive collisions is often caused by
> bad cabling/connectors. I also read that the TDR can be used to pinpoint
> where along the cabling the fault may lie. There is supposedly an equation
> that will help me figure out what the TDR=1 means as far as where a cable
> fault might be but I can't find that equation. Can someone help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lisa Casey
>
>
>


From: Todd H. on
"Houston SBC" <drstigall(a)132456sbcglobal.net> writes:

> You can also get excessive collisions if the duplex settings do not
> match

Good point. Auto negotiating has been a big problem for us too and we
tpyically will set it specifically on all our cisco gear.

--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/