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6 MAINTENANCE
⑥ packets forwarded
The total number of IP packets that were forwarded (or routed to another interface).
⑦ unknown (or unsupported) protocol
The total number of IP packets whose IP header contained a specification of an undefined
higher-level protocol.
⑧ input packets discarded
The total number of IP packets that were received but discarded without being delivered
to a higher-level protocol because of a buffer area shortage, or that the higher-level
protocol refused to receive.
⑨ in delivered
The total number of IP packets that were delivered to a higher-level protocol, such as
TCP or UDP.
⑩ out request
The total number of IP packets for which a send request was issued by a higher-level
protocol.
⑪ output packets discarded
The total number of IP packets that were discarded because of a buffer shortage or some
other cause.
⑫ packets discarded because no route
The total number of IP packets that were discarded because they could not be routed due
to a routing information setting error or some other cause.
⑬ maximum seconds fragments awaiting reassembly
The maximum number of seconds during which a fragment awaiting reassembly may be
placed in hold state.
⑭ fragment received
The total number of fragment packets that were received.
⑮ packets successfully reassembled
The number of fragments that were reassembled successfully.
⑯ failures detected by the IP reassembly algorithm
The number of failures in fragment reassembly that were caused by a timeout, resource
shortage, or some other cause.
⑰ packets fragmented
The total number of transmission IP packets that were fragmented at transmission time
because they exceeded the MTU size.
⑱ packets discard for they could not be fragmented
The total number of transmission IP packets that could not be fragmented because of a
resource shortage or some other cause.
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