Display detected network errors in connection status
2 February 2002 by Snakefoot | Comment » | Trackback OffIn the Connection Status dialog box on the general tab it is possible to see
how many errors (Retransmissions) it has detected. This can be useful if lacking proper network monitoring tools.
To enable this error counting one have to create this DWORD key in the registry :
Note the Status dialog box also shows the amount of data received and sent, though sometimes it is shown in packets and other times it is shown in bytes. This behavior is caused by the drivers used for the network adapter or dialup-modem. If on a Ethernet LAN, then one have the possibility to see how much data(in bytes) that has been sent and received by opening a cmd-prompt and execute this command:
To enable this error counting one have to create this DWORD key in the registry :
Note due to a bug the display of errors is placed a little odd in the dialog box.[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet \Control \Network \Connections \StatMon]
ShowLanErrors=1 (Disabled = 0, Enabled = 1, Default = 0)
Note the Status dialog box also shows the amount of data received and sent, though sometimes it is shown in packets and other times it is shown in bytes. This behavior is caused by the drivers used for the network adapter or dialup-modem. If on a Ethernet LAN, then one have the possibility to see how much data(in bytes) that has been sent and received by opening a cmd-prompt and execute this command:
Credits Marshall University Win2k Projectnetstat -e
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Updated: 25 July 2007
Comment by Bob - 15 October 2004 @ 9:21 Reply
I tried this on Win XP SP2 and Have no error display in the Connection Status dialog box.
Regards Bob