bce packet loss

[David Christensen]

> > > Data sheet says IfHCInBadOctets indicates number of octets received
> > > on the interface, including framing characters for packets that
> > > were dropped in the MAC for any reason.
> >
> > The IfHcInBadOctets counter says the controller received X bytes
> > that were bad on the wire (collisions, FCS errors, etc.).  A value
> 
> I thought that too. But other counters such as FCS, FAE, Collisions,
> Jabbers were all zero.
> 

Also includes frames dropped due to an incorrect destination MAC
address (i.e. perfect MAC filter mismatch).  This means the NIC 
received a unicast frame for a MAC address that doesn't match the
NIC's MAC address.  Very common on a hub and occurs occasionally
on switches as well.

Dave