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To: Brian Litzinger <brian@mediacity.com>
cc: Mark Dawson <md@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>, thought@teleport.com,
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Subject: Re: pci bus ethernet cards 
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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 13:32:07 +0100
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From: Gary Palmer <gary@palmer.demon.co.uk>
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In message <199508250814.BAA26772@easy4.easynet.com>, Brian Litzinger writes:
>How does one tell if they are losing packets?  I've been transmitting
>MPEG System Streams (live video) via SMC 9332 in 100BaseTx mode and
>haven't noticed any problems.

For packet loss, look at netstat -i, specifically the Oerrs
column. The other way to tell is that you get pathetic transfer
rates... :-)

Gary