Monitoring Error Counters - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Monitoring Error Counters

Error counters are monitored to make sure they are not increasing rapidly,
because a rapid increase indicates a problem. For information about
troubleshooting these problems, refer to
page 125. You can monitor error counters for IPX interfaces in the following
ways:
By using MONITOR to view counters such as Checksum Errors, Send
and Receive Packet Errors, and interface-specific errors. To view these
counters, load MONITOR and follow this path:
Select LAN/WAN Information > interface you want to view
By using PPPCON for WAN connections to view the following PPP
counters:
Bad Address Fields
Bad Control Fields
Bad FCS Values
Packets Too Long
To view these counters, load PPPCON and follow this path:
Select PPP Interfaces > interface you want to view > PPP Error Statistics
By using IPXCON to view the following IPX counters:
Too Many Hops
Header Errors
Unknown Sockets
Decompression Errors
Malformed Requests
Compression Errors
Open Socket Failures
Maximum Sockets
To view these counters, load IPXCON and follow this path:
Select IPX Information > Detailed IPX Information
Chapter 5, "Troubleshooting," on
Managing 121