The problem is that, with the eth0 wired LAN cable detached, the ifconfig command reveals trouble (errors). But as I see now, ifconfig reveals 800,000+ errors on my other ZW computer. So... as long these errors are part of the system, I can accept them. But is there anything I can do to get rid of the errors?
ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr {not shown}
inet addr:192.168.1.103 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:492476 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:259225 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:737255386 (703.1 MiB) TX bytes:17239486 (16.4 MiB)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr {not shown}
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:21
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr {not shown}
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:512088 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:558
TX packets:259338 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
RX bytes:760606821 (725.3 MiB) TX bytes:28134031 (26.8 MiB)
Interrupt:20 Memory:e00c0000-e00d0000
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After a reboot, with the eth0 patch cord connected, ifconfig reveals this:
ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr {not shown}
inet addr:192.168.1.103 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:59 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:8053 (7.8 KiB) TX bytes:1210 (1.1 KiB)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr {not shown}
inet addr:192.168.1.102 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:241822 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:155108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:343797883 (327.8 MiB) TX bytes:8474378 (8.0 MiB)
Interrupt:22
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr {not shown}
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6558 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:307
TX packets:95 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
RX bytes:770218 (752.1 KiB) TX bytes:6821 (6.6 KiB)
Interrupt:21 Memory:e0180000-e0190000
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