comp.os.linux.networking

On Mar 12, 6:23=A0pm, Rikishi 42 wrote:
> On 2008-03-12, buck wrote:
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> > I have been searching for hours trying to find a utility for Windows
> > that will return the same information as ifconfig regarding overruns,
> > frame, carrier, Etc. and I find nothing at all.
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> > The problem is that we have a mixed network of Linux and Windows boxes
> > and my main Linux machine's internal facing NIC is showing
> > RX packets:86272246 errors:3084 dropped:821 overruns:3084 frame:0
> > TX packets:80610778 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:4 carrier:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> > RX bytes:4145544363 (3953.4 Mb) =A0TX bytes:3168716203 (3021.9 Mb)
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> > and I need to find the Bad Boy that is causing all those overruns.
> > Short of booting a live Linux distro on each Windows box, is there
> > some tool available for detecting the source of the RX overruns?
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> Under the Win9x/ME familly: Start/run/winipcfg
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> Under NT4, W2K, XP and probably Vista:
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> 'ipconfig' will get you ip address, subnet mask and default gateway.
> 'ipconfig /all' will get you more details (DNS, DHCP, etc...)
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> Also, if the machine is configured to use DHCP:
> 'ipconfig /release' will release the IP to DHCP
> 'ipconfig /renew' will request an address from the DHCP
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Hey you may want to try the "netsh" commands in windows, this is a
powerful command line.
Try "netsh diag adapter 1".........hope this helps