My server is losing packets. My e1000 network interface shows errors in its statistics. What should I do ?

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Issue

On running

    ip -s

The rx_errors will seen like

    rx_errors: X
    rx_dropped: A
    rx_fifo_errors: B
    rx_missed_errors: B

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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