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Fix for CRC Errors on Cisco Routers

Posted on April 20, 2007 10:21 PM

We have struggled with CRC errors on routers with 2 frame relay circuits connected to a dual channel T1 card.  The CRC errors seemed to only occur on the newly added secondary port on the card, and the connectivity would act intermittently.  In working with Cisco, I have learned that both ports’ default clock is set to ‘line’ which gets the clocking from the ISP.  When both ports are set at ‘line’, they both battle to keep up with the clocking.  To fix this problem, set one of the T1 controller’s clock source to ‘internal’.  This tells the port to get clocking from the other port configured as ‘line’.

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Comment by carlos

February 7, 2009 10:33 AM

Have a point to point leased T1 line from NY to Florida - Cisco 3600 in NYC and a 2600 in Fl. It is taking input and CRC errors at both ends. Had the telco run a 2 hour stress test last night and they state the circuit is clean. I am not seeing any packet loss or latency, just the errors themselves. I can post configs or stats for either router if someone could help me out or advise me what else I might check. Last week someone on this site helped me get the clocking set correctly as I was getting slip secs - that corected the issue at my other location that is connected to NYC...but not the Florida location - after monitoring I still see CRC and input errors. They seem to be accruing more rapidly in the NY 3600 as opposed to the Fl 2600.

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