# Rx packet errors metricbeat stat doesn't match netstat output

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rx-packet-errors-metricbeat-stat-doesnt-match-netstat-output/255583>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [November 16, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rx-packet-errors-metricbeat-stat-doesnt-match-netstat-output/255583 "2020-11-16T18:00:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![eeijlar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/96bed5/32.png) [@eeijlar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eeijlar)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rx-packet-errors-metricbeat-stat-doesnt-match-netstat-output/255583/1 "2020-11-16T18:00:19Z")

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I am using the following query:

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The stat I am trying to monitor is: kubernetes.pod.network.rx.errors. If I log onto one of the pods which has metricbeat running and my application and do netstat -s -u (-u for udp packets), I see packet receive errors in the summary reported by netstat, however the kubernetes.pod.network.rx.errors is always zero. I would have expected these two figures to match...

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rx-packet-errors-metricbeat-stat-doesnt-match-netstat-output/255583/2 "2020-12-14T20:00:24Z")

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