Re: net-tools and dropped packets
Philip Blundell (Philip.Blundell@pobox.com)
Sat, 21 Mar 1998 10:36:28 +0000
>Well after compiling net-tools, (thanx mike :)) I fired up my PPP
>connection and lo and behold what did I find? Once again, the same
>problem that net-tools doesn't solve, dropped packets and error all over
>the place....there's even some in local loopback......I hope we can get
>this fixed as this really makes the net hard to live with with a 28.8
>connection and a TON of constant dropped packets and errors in the
>routing code......<sigh>
One more time: Whatever problem your net-tools has, it does _not_ cause
dropped packets. The only thing that may be wrong is that ifconfig _thinks_
you are getting dropped packets. You can safely ignore it and no harm will
occur.
If you look at /proc/net/dev by hand you can see what's really happening.
p.
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