User Guide

Managing 121
Internetwork Packet Exchange
103-000176-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
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 Chapter 5, “Troubleshooting,” on
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