From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 28 23:39:57 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9FAB16A4CE for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:39:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from outbox.allstream.net (outbox.allstream.net [207.245.244.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B568D43D54 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:39:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from epilogue@allstream.net) Received: from localhost (mon-pq62-117.dial.allstream.net [216.123.137.117]) by outbox.allstream.net (Allstream MTA) with ESMTP id 1D11F1D0FCC for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:39:54 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:39:24 -0500 From: epilogue To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050128183924.1fa49ab7@localhost> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.0 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Fw: rather strange netstat output X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:39:58 -0000 forgot to mention -- 5.3-RELEASE-p2 --------------- hello all, 4500 (steady) though 5500 (peak) is the usual transfer rate i see with my 56k winmodem. just wondering how the throughput below is possible? (yes, i said winmodem) only 1 process is using the connection... > netstat 1 input (Total) output packets errs bytes packets errs bytes colls 13 0 11604 7 0 424 0 14 0 14549 7 0 428 0 12 0 12912 8 0 484 0 13 0 13005 8 0 484 0 14 0 15664 8 0 488 0 12 0 12150 8 0 484 0 14 0 14216 6 0 372 0 7 0 7445 6 0 360 0 14 0 13185 8 0 484 0 13 0 13029 8 0 484 0 15 0 14415 8 0 488 0 13 0 13079 7 0 428 0 14 0 13319 9 0 544 0 13 0 13049 8 0 484 0 13 0 13461 7 0 424 0 11 0 11882 6 0 368 0 14 0 14216 7 0 428 0 15 0 14640 9 0 544 0 14 0 14543 8 0 492 0 15 0 15716 8 0 496 0 15 0 17164 7 0 432 0 13 0 12964 7 0 436 0 16 0 17216 7 0 432 0 12 0 12912 7 0 432 0 12 0 12912 5 0 312 0 17 0 17335 9 0 552 0 15 0 17164 8 0 492 0 17 0 17431 9 0 552 0 15 0 16037 8 0 496 0 16 0 17216 9 0 552 0 16 0 17216 8 0 496 0 15 0 15716 7 0 436 0 17 0 17346 9 0 552 0 19 0 17678 11 0 664 0 16 0 17216 8 0 496 0 16 0 17216 8 0 496 0 17 0 17353 9 0 552 0 16 0 16173 8 0 488 0 16 0 17282 9 0 552 0 it doesn't happen all the time. in fact, rarely even. however, it occurs frequently enough for me to ask myself (and you) the question. is netstat a reliable gauge of transfer speed or should i be using something else? am i just lucky sometimes? ;) thanks for any clarification. cheers, epi