Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 01:01:53 +0100 From: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> To: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Byte counters reset at ~4GB Message-ID: <20040316000153.GA73860@router.laiers.local> In-Reply-To: <2650.192.168.0.200.1079393908.squirrel@192.168.0.1> References: <2650.192.168.0.200.1079393908.squirrel@192.168.0.1>
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--RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 06:38:28PM -0500, Mike Jakubik wrote: > Hello, >=20 > It seems that the byte counters (derived from netstat -nbi) reset at > around 4 GB. Is there no way around this? It would be nice to be able to > see an accurate display of totals. It just seems pointless to even have > this, as 4 GB is just not that much anymore. I know this is a 32bit > limitation of the variable, but that's just bad coding in my opinion (no > offence intended), I mean there must be some way around this. >=20 > Thank You. There is now: pf comes with 64bit statistic counters. For now you can put them on one interface only, but in future version there will be more flexible statistics. Additionally there are many accounting programs out there which utilize various existing (32bit) counters or the [i]pf[w] interfaces: sysutils/ipa or net-mgmt/ipacctd to name just two off the top of my head. --=20 Best regards, | mlaier@freebsd.org Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | mlaier@EFnet --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAVkPwXyyEoT62BG0RAux5AJwPMCzKMkclxGJSsPBSqP2k3FRGpQCfQrM1 05gEWjh+pfV5DLSDQ7d8rms= =mAkX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1--
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