hello, see dropped packets, please:
sit:~# ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:23:D6:D5:DE UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:522284892 errors:0 dropped:16800 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:506064445 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1405350664 (1.3 GiB) TX bytes:4082649020 (3.8 GiB) Base address:0xac00 Memory:ff6e0000-ff700000 see via ip l l (here are no dropped packets): sit:~# ip -s l l dev eth0 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,10000> mtu 1500 qdisc htb qlen 1000 link/ether 00:04:23:d6:d5:de brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast 2494988681 523755694 0 0 0 57458 TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns 453184821 507470461 0 0 0 0 but see more detailed stats (dropped packet are as missed in RX errors ?!): sit:~# ip -s -s l l dev eth0 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,10000> mtu 1500 qdisc htb qlen 1000 link/ether 00:04:23:d6:d5:de brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast 2752159866 524110163 0 0 0 57485 RX errors: length crc frame fifo missed 0 0 0 0 16800 TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns 607359337 507807361 0 0 0 0 TX errors: aborted fifo window heartbeat 0 0 0 0 Is this bug or feature ? From my point of view is somewhere lost any sum. Or is it driver dependent? Kernel 2.6.23.1 (in 2.6.20.20 is the same behavior), driver e1000. iproute2-ss070313; net-tools 1.60, ifconfig 1.42 (2001-04-13) Regards, -- Milan Kocian - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html