From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 12 05:54:55 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A51DD1065678 for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:54:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from email2.allantgroup.com (email2.emsphone.com [199.67.51.116]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 684768FC1C for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:54:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by email2.allantgroup.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q0C5srI6069114 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:54:54 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (smmsp@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dan.emsphone.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q0C5srgo097363 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:54:53 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q0C5sr23097361; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:54:53 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:54:52 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: "Gmail.com" Message-ID: <20120112055452.GG91606@dan.emsphone.com> References: <1CF3CC314CC046BA97A680449E25CF28@XXXXXXXPC> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1CF3CC314CC046BA97A680449E25CF28@XXXXXXXPC> X-OS: FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.2 at email2.allantgroup.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (email2.allantgroup.com [199.67.51.78]); Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:54:54 -0600 (CST) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 199.67.51.78 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: little things X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:54:55 -0000 In the last episode (Jan 11), Gmail.com said: > hello all, i like to know when freebsd foundation will be make ipfw dscp > and ipfw add 1 allow all from any to any ontime 17:00 to 18:00, and help > us to obtain traffic interface more easy how to linux simple ifconfig > command, show us tx/rx traffic, this help us in the construction manager > systems for controlling internet providers. As far as network traffic info, ifconfig is used for configuring interfaces, not monitoring them. The "netstat -ib" command will give you total bytes sent/received per interface, but the best solution is probably to poll them with snmp. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com