Detailed network interface statistics on Linux

Here is a helpful command for getting interface statistics on your linux box. It's called ip. It's bundled with iproute package. You can see information about dropped, collisions,crc,transmit and other info about your network interface.

root@helga:~# ip -s -s link show eth0
2: eth0:  mtu 1500 qdi
WN qlen 1000
  link/ether 00:24:8c:d5:6a:a7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
  RX: bytes  packets  errors  dropped overrun mcast
  1633058095 16933162 0       0       0       0    
  RX errors: length  crc     frame   fifo    missed
             0        0       0       0       0    
  TX: bytes  packets  errors  dropped carrier collsns
  1994496524 5588574  0       0       0       0    
  TX errors: aborted fifo    window  heartbeat
             0        0       0       0