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Create pseudo-radio interface 5. Set the "eth0" interface as parent, and assign channel number 3.

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ifconfig prf5 up
 prf5 link administratively up
prf 5 parent eth0
prf 5 channel 3

By using the "ifconfig" command display an information about the created prf interface

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ifconfig -a
prf5: flags=8003<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
 inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0x0
 ether 00:04:35:03:5e:4e
Parent interface eth0
 Hardware MTU 1514
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 Transmitted packets 0
 Transmit fragmentation 0 packets in 0 fragments
 Load (pps) 0
 Load (kbps) 0
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 Received packets 0
 Receive fragmentation 0 packets in 0 fragments
 Load (pps) 0
 Load (kbps) 0
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 Scattered fragments 0
 Corrupted packets 0
 Double encapsulated packets 0
 Out of fragbufs 0
 Out of mbufs 0

"Scattered fragments" – number of frames where one or several fragments were lost, the frame cannot be restored.
"Corrupted packets" – number of frames with the wrong length or structure.
"Double encapsulated packets" – number of frames with double encapsulation.
"Out of fragbufs" – the number of errors as a result of frame assembly buffer overflow due to too many fragments (neighbors) sources.
"Out of mbufs" – the number of errors as a result of system buffers overflow.

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