I think if the cable is longer than the ethernet specification, you will
also get this message.
Kent
----- Original Message -----
From: "ken lindahl" <lindahl@ack.Berkeley.EDU>
To: <cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net>
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [nsp] REG: Cisco 2610 problems
> i've not seen an answer to this question:
>
> On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, "Vinod Anthony Joseph Cherunni" <vac@dsqworld.com>
wrote:
> >I seem to getting this message in my router log continously, Is this an
> >indication of a network with high collissions, or else does it indicate
> >any fault in the router ethernet port.
> >
> >"Feb 9 19:35:50.577 IST: %AMDP2_FE-5-LATECOLL: Ethernet0/0 transmit
error
> >"
>
> it indicates a late collision, which means that a collision occurred after
> the period during which a collision should occur on a correctly
functioning
> net. it does not necessarily indicate high collisions; rather it indicates
> that some device(s) is malfunctioning; it is transmitting after the time
> where it should have detected a collision and backed off. i think you
> cannot infer from the message whether the problem lies with the router
> interface or with another device.
>
> the system error message doc
(http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121sup/121s
ems/index.htm) says:
>
> Error Message
>
> %AMDP2_FE-5-LATECOLL: AMDP2/FE 0/0/[dec], Late collision
>
> Explanation Late collisions occurred on the Ethernet or Fast Ethernet
> interface.
>
> Recommended Action If the interface is Fast Ethernet, verify that
both
> peers are in the same duplex mode. For regular Ethernet, the system
should
> recover. No action is required.
>
> (yes, the error message has different text; i could not find one with the
> exact text you listed.)
>
> cheers,
> ken
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