Clear interface errors linux

[Adithyan]

Hi Friends,

Pls let me know how can i clear the errors in the NIC interfaces. I have the following errors.

eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:0A:56:C5:1E
inet addr:3.49.41.112 Bcast:3.49.43.255 Mask:255.255.252.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:333886837 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:187702084 errors:26998050 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:26998050
collisions:44961199 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2444584339 (2331.3 Mb) TX bytes:530226470 (505.6 Mb)
Base address:0x5400 Memory:fdec0000-fdee0000

eth3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:0A:56:C5:1F
inet addr:172.17.4.63 Bcast:172.17.63.255 Mask:255.255.192.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:63806026 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:68313701 errors:5358065 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:5358065
collisions:5922264 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1459980370 (1392.3 Mb) TX bytes:4229117472 (4033.2 Mb)
Base address:0x5440 Memory:fde60000-fde80000


Pls let me know hot to reset it.

Thanks
Adithyan

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Shalom,

service network restart

This will undoubtedly work.

I've been through the man pages and google and see no documented way to clear the stats.

SEP

[Joelmel Roche]

Hi,

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_40_3827.shtm

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?
lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00635973

pci=nosort