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