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6 dropwatch - kernel dropped packet monitoring utility
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9 dropwatch [-l <method> | list]
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12 dropwatch dropwatch is an interactive utility for monitoring and
13 recording packets that are dropped by the kernel
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17 Select the translation method to use when a drop alert arrives.
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27 start Tells the kernel to start reporting dropped packets
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31 exit Exits the dropmonitor program
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41Neil Horman Mar 2009 dropwatch(1)