What does the 'RX-ERR' field mean in the output of netstat -ni and how can we reset the counter to zero?

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Issue

  • The command netstat -ni  provides the following ouput:

     $ netstat -ni 
    Kernel Interface table 
    Iface       MTU Met    RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR    TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg 
    bond0      1500   0 11478884024      1      0      0 10839407001      0      0      0 BMmRU 
    eth0       1500   0 11430661445      1      0      0 10839406998      0      0      0 BMsRU 
    eth1       1500   0 48222579      0      0      0        3      0      0      0 BMOsRU 
    lo        16436   0 73241288613      0      0      0 73241288613      0      0      0 LRU 
    
  • What doe the field RX-ERR means. How can we reset this counter to zero ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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