Try running a ping session.

$ ping host -c 100

This will give you a count of packets received and lost.



phil wrote:
> 
> I'm not very knowledable about networking/internet type things.  How would I go
> about testing for packet loss?
> 
> Also, is there a good How-to out there for ipchains?  I found the man pages
> less than helpful, and i'm not sure where to look.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Phil Knauss
> 
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