XPost: comp.unix.programmer   
   From: rjk@greenend.org.uk   
      
   Rick Jones  writes:   
   > In comp.protocols.tcp-ip Richard Kettlewell  wrote:   
      
   >> udpOutErrors (netstat -Pudp -s) and ipOutDiscards (netstat -Pip -s)   
   >> might be worth a look.  Search the opensolaris kernel source for   
   >> ipIfStatsOutDiscards and udpOutErrors for the details of the   
   >> conditions they apply to.   
   >   
   > There is though the problem of knowing of those discards were "your"   
   > datagrams or some other program's yes? Since those datagrams can be   
   > discarded any number of places along the network, while it may help in   
   > the search it may be far from sufficient.   
      
   Yes, you're right.  I guess you could try to work out a "background"   
   drop rate when your program wasn't running, but even then, if your   
   program is responsible for pushing things "over the edge", the results   
   might be misleading.   
      
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