> deathlock <brandt@europa.com> writes:
>
> > when i compiled 2.1.27 i noticed that when i connected via pppd, some
> > little things started happening in the interface config.... for example
> >
> > ppp0 Link encap:Point-Point Protocol
> > inet addr:206.163.12.77 P-t-P:206.163.12.23 Mask:255.255.255.0
> > UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:1524 Metric:32767
> > RX packets:0 errors:2269 dropped:0 overruns:0
> > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:3538 overruns:0
>
> The structures for the statistics have changed as well as /proc
> outputs. New ifconfig is needed.
>
> However, there seems not to exist a new version of the net-tools. The
> 1.32-alpha does not yet have the needed support.
>
> I assume there is work progressing to update the tools.
You can try the IPv6 net-tools. I have an updated version available from
ftp://kc.london.uk.eu.org/pub/net-tools-inet6-970215.tar.gz
They _ought_ to work on IPv4 only machines, and I believe they support the
new statistics correctly (and compile under glibc). I'd be interested to
hear of success or failure reports.
phil