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resetting /proc/net/dev && ifconfig shows lots of dropped and errors



man ifconfig implies that statistics below are got from

	/proc/net/dev

Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:75:B3:FD:34
inet addr:129.63.96.185  Bcast:129.63.96.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
RX packets:1743226972 errors:8 dropped:650282 overruns:0 frame:13
TX packets:2264314 errors:1922321 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:3835827
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2228010437 (2.0 GiB)  TX bytes:1226777797 (1.1 GiB)
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0xdc00

...short of rebooting is there a way to reset /proc/net/dev ?

Do the errors and drops seem high?

dropped/recieved is .3%
errors/transmitted is 84%  !??!!

We haven't noticed any application errors on this machine (dedicated to mailman)

"carrier" means what?

Snooty pointers to the fine manual would be A-OK as well.



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