Here's how I'm connected to the net:

I have a DSL connection with a modem set up in bridge mode. I am sharing the connection using three computers: 1 linux router (Astaro), and 2 linux servers (Knoppix and E-Smith based on Red-Hat aka "other linux box").

What does cat /proc/net/devices tell you?
Apparently, the file doesn't exist. I tried to search around /proc/net and /proc/sys/net, but didn't find devices...

How can i know when it drops a packet?

Steam is a small-sized software to get the actual files for the games. In my case, I want to install Counter-Strike, so I do "./steam -update cstrike". It hangs while doing the update. To get the client itself, I just need to get it from a FTP site...