From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 12 01:30:11 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85429106566C for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:30:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 405B28FC0A for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:30:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q2C1UBti002478 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:30:11 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q2C1UBQP002477; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:30:11 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:30:11 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201203120130.q2C1UBQP002477@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Jeremy Chadwick Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91170106564A for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:20:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from qmta10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D3FA8FC0A for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:20:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta02.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.19]) by qmta10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id kRCJ1i0040QuhwU5ARKm1y; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:19:46 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([67.180.84.87]) by omta02.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id kRKl1i01K1t3BNj3NRKmG4; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:19:46 +0000 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 67A53102C1E; Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:19:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20120312011944.67A53102C1E@icarus.home.lan> Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:19:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeremy Chadwick To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Cc: Subject: conf/165956: periodic/daily/420.status-network should show dropped packets X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jeremy Chadwick List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:30:11 -0000 >Number: 165956 >Category: conf >Synopsis: periodic/daily/420.status-network should show dropped packets >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Mar 12 01:30:10 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jeremy Chadwick >Release: FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD icarus.home.lan 8.2-STABLE FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #0: Fri Feb 10 17:43:50 PST 2012 root@icarus.home.lan:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/X7SBA_RELENG_8_amd64 amd64 >Description: Sorry if I got the Category wrong -- I can never remember what to choose for periodic scripts! The nightly periodic script for network interface statistics, daily/420.status-network, uses "netstat -in". This is not the same as dropped packets caused by use of ipfw or pf; these types of dropped packets would be caused by Ethernet problems (cabling or NIC driver issues) or similar anomalies on that level. I propose that -d be added to the netstat flag list, to give more visibility into problems. >How-To-Repeat: n/a >Fix: Change periodic/daily/420.status-network as documented in Description. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: