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> 
> Here on my 4.8 stable it works without the "-", so :
> systat if 1 and not systat -if 1

Yup.  that's the trick.   That works for me too.
Nasty little '-'.

////jerry

> 
> HTH.
> Beni.
> 
> Kenneth Culver wrote:
> 
> >>Is there any standard (or non) FreeBSD tool that is used to measure a
> >>current network throughput/bandwidth? And also, what are the
> >>requirements to do so, and do I need to be root to run, or do I need to
> >>load a special kernel module?
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >Just run systat -if 1
> >
> >That will tell you what you want to know.
> >
> >Ken