>Number:         1021
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       Why doesnt netstat -i show dropped packets by default
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri May  5 08:50:01 1995
>Originator:     David Brownlee
>Organization:
Private
>Release:        May  4 14:03:26 1995
>Environment:
sparc, 1.0A, current
System: NetBSD gluon.city.ac.uk 1.0A NetBSD 1.0A (GLUON) #1: Thu Feb 9 11:25:40 GMT 1995 monoadm@gluon.city.ac.uk:/mono/u1/NetBSD/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/GLUON sparc


>Description:
	netstat -i shows the interface statistics... and if you give -d in
	addition it shows the number of dropped packets.

	-d doesnt have any use except when specified with -i (or a similar
	option), so why not make those options show dropped packets by
	default?

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