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Jun 19, 2025 · Operations

Why Is My Linux Server Dropping Packets? A Step‑by‑Step Debug Guide

This article walks through a systematic Linux network packet‑loss investigation, covering potential loss points across the protocol stack, using ethtool, netstat, iptables, tc netem, and MTU adjustments, and demonstrates how to verify and resolve the issue with hping3 and curl.