From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Mar 12 6:20: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 909AF37BCE3 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2000 06:20:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id GAA45725; Sun, 12 Mar 2000 06:20:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC1EF37BB15 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2000 06:11:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id GAA44938; Sun, 12 Mar 2000 06:11:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <200003121411.GAA44938@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 06:11:50 -0800 (PST) From: ai@gmx.net To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 Subject: bin/17338: netstat shows down counting UDP delivery stats Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 17338 >Category: bin >Synopsis: netstat shows down counting UDP delivery stats >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Mar 12 06:20:01 PST 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Andre Ilie >Release: 3.4-STABLE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD box.technik.gmx.net 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE #1: Thu Jan 20 14:14:2 0 MET 2000 root@box.technik.gmx.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/ROUTE i386 >Description: Hi I'm using this box to route several networks over nine SMC Etherpower II NICs, so that several UDP packets pass the box. When I try to see how many UDP packets have been delivered I see a UDP delivery counter which is counting down! On all other BSD boxes I have this counter is getting more not less. Look at that: # while true ; do netstat -ss -p udp | grep deli ; sleep 1 ; done 4292032523 delivered 4292032521 delivered 4292032519 delivered 4292032519 delivered 4292032519 delivered 4292032510 delivered 4292032507 delivered 4292032507 delivered 4292032501 delivered 4292032495 delivered 4292032488 delivered 4292032485 delivered 4292032485 delivered Strange? >How-To-Repeat: while true ; do netstat -ss -p udp | grep deli ; sleep 1 ; done >Fix: I had the same problem on NetApp Fliers with the network packet counter. They have tool to zero the stats if they overrun the buffer after several days of high traffic. It would be very usefull to implement such a tool. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message