Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 12:21:39 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: git: b5a8abe9502e - main - How to show interface traffic in bits per second Message-ID: <665823ac-7f80-4872-b224-ae2bfa7059ac@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <202412031609.4B3G9HAf023627@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <202412022113.4B2LD0mt010926@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <a6f175eb-b81c-43be-8dba-d188eb7b40bd@FreeBSD.org> <202412031609.4B3G9HAf023627@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On 12/3/24 08:09, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > -------- > John Baldwin writes: > >>> +When netstat reports every 8 seconds, it tells traffic in bits per second: >>> + >>> +$ netstat -I bge0 8 >>> +% >> >> Hmm, I'm pretty sure it's in bytes, and checking the code, it seems like show_stat() >> in netstat/if.c just shows the raw delta in values without scaling it by 'interval', >> so I think the counts are the number of bytes sent/received in 8 seconds: > > And since > > bytes/8 seconds == bits/second > > Q.E.D Ah, fair enough. Clearly too subtle for my thick head. ;-) -- John Baldwin
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