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On 02/25/2010 04:36 PM, Kan-I Jyo wrote: |
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> Hello, Xavier |
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> Thank you for your prompt reply. |
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> 2010/2/25 Xavier Parizet <xav@×××××××××.com>: |
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>> Well, you're talking about two different things: |
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>> the dropped value in ifconfig output is related to Ethernet packet which |
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>> would be dropped by hardware. |
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> Yeah, you have made the things clear to me. I just wondered why would I |
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> mess them up. |
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> So, in my understanding, those packets that are dropped by iptables in fact |
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> have been received by the NICs, and that is the reason the "dropped' |
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> value are not added up. |
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> And here comes my original question: When will the 'dropped' count up? |
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> (Just want to know some general ideas) |
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Network failure / packet loss / invalid ethernet frames / any hardware |
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related failures which will lead to a packet drop by the hardware |
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itself. It's a means for the hardware to report to the kernel/software |
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that it ignored some packets for any reason, these reasons should be |
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found in dmesg afaik. |
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