How to check if ethernet port dropping packets?

hello,

how can i check if my ethernet dropping packets

root@OpenWrt2:~# ifconfig
br-lan    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF
          inet addr:192.168.10.242  Bcast:192.168.10.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:8326694 errors:0 **dropped:0** overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:45426 errors:0 **dropped:0** overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2867962644 (2.6 GiB)  TX bytes:11607980 (11.0 MiB)

you could also look for them underneath the router, or on the floor :wink:

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