> Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 11:03:54 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Nicholas M. Kirsch <nkirsch@biznatch.nick.org>
> To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Inaccurate ethernet statistics.
>
> Ever since upgrading my three linux boxes to a development kernel
> 2.1.110+, the ethernet statistics reported by ifconfig have been extremely
> off. These statistics were reported just fine under 2.0.3x.
>
> In particular, the RX seems to be high, and TX is always 0. There are
> either a lot of errors, or a lot of dropped packets.
>
> I'm running on a 100 BT LAN, and have no problems communicating between
> the computers. It seems to be purely a reporting problem.
>
> If anyone has any idea? Or perhaps I need to upgrade to a newer version of
> net-utils or something? I'm running slackware 3.5.
Yes, you need a newer version of ifconfig. Read the Documention/Changes
file in the kernel source there are a lot of program you need to upgrade
to move to the development kernels.
>
> Thanks, please cc to me.
>
> Nicholas
>
>
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