Statistics
Three informational fields appear in the upper portion of the window:
Description
Displays the interface description for the currently selected interface (e.g., Enet, Fast Enet, FDDI, ATM, or Backplane Port).
Address
Displays the MAC (physical) address of the selected interface.
Type
Displays the interface type of the selected port: e.g.,
The lower portion of the window provides the following transmit and receive statistics; note that the first four statistics are also graphically displayed in the pie charts.
Unicast
Displays the number of packets transmitted to or received from this interface that had a single, unique destination address. These statistics are displayed in the pie chart,
Non-Unicast
Displays the number of packets transmitted to or received from this interface that had a destination address that is recognized by more than one device on the network segment. The multicast field includes a count of broadcast packets — those that are recognized by all devices on a segment. These statistics are displayed in the pie chart,
Discarded
Displays the number of packets which were discarded even though they contained no errors that would prevent transmission. Good packets are typically discarded to free up buffer space when the network becomes very busy; if this is occurring routinely, it usually means that network traffic is overwhelming the device. To solve this problem, you may need to
These statistics are displayed in the pie chart,
Error
Displays the number of packets received or transmitted that contained errors. These statistics are displayed in the pie chart,
Unknown Protocol (Received only)
Displays the number of packets received which were discarded because they were created under an unknown or unsupported protocol.
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