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What is, and what problems result in a 'carrier error'

I haven't found a really clear definition about what a 'carrier error' is within the context of the ifconfig output for a interface. I have been searching on Google and there really isn't a great ...
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interface id for ethernet card

My PC (CentOS)has one ethernet card 1, linked to the internal company network for internet surfing etc., and another ethernet card 2, linked with an embedded device for programming. Each time, when ...
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Configuring ip, subnet and gateway on eth interface

I'm in terminal on RedHat 5 and I need to configure one of the two eth interface with different IP, GATEWAY and SUBNET. I know ifconfig and route add but I'm not sure what I have to do for ...
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NET-SNMP behaviour and message format

I have issued the following command on my server /usr/sbin/snmptrapd -f -Lo udp:3435 Then the server waits for an snmptrap message from client with the following message NET-SNMP version 5.3.1 ...
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How can I reset the statistics reported by ifconfig?

I'm trying to trace a possible link problem on one of our servers' ethernet interfaces. ifconfig reports a large number of error packets. I've asked the hosting company to make some changes to the ...