Messages in this thread | | | From | Bernd Eckenfels <> | Subject | Re: Net device byte statistics | Date | Fri, 25 Jul 2003 02:22:51 +0200 |
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In article <200307250156.47108.fredrik@dolda2000.cjb.net> you wrote: > On the other hand, I cannot imagine that noone would have thought of it. What > is the reason for this? Is there another interface that I should use instead > of /proc/net/dev to gather byte statistics for interfaces?
it is for performance reasons. You can
a) collect your numbers more often and asume wrap/reboot if numbers decrease b) use iptables counters instead
BTW: it is a very often discussed topic, personally (as net tools maintainer) I would love to see 64bit counters here, but this still means you have to sample often enough, so you do not lose numbers on crash.
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