Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 10:20:26 +0100 From: Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> To: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Byte counters reset at ~4GB Message-ID: <4056C6DA.4070707@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20040316000153.GA73860@router.laiers.local> References: <2650.192.168.0.200.1079393908.squirrel@192.168.0.1> <20040316000153.GA73860@router.laiers.local>
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Max Laier wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 06:38:28PM -0500, Mike Jakubik wrote: > >>Hello, >> >>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. >> >>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. ipfw has 64bit counters since a long time ago (4.0 IIRC): 65000 177297231221 62940387223290 allow ip from any to any -- Andre
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