Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:47:06 -0500 From: "James E. Housley" <jeh@FreeBSD.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Thomas Hurst <tom.hurst@clara.net>, arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 64 bit counters again Message-ID: <3C4335BA.63828FD0@FreeBSD.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.41.0201132057560.62182-100000@prg.traveller.cz> <3C41F3FD.4ECC8CD@mindspring.com> <20020113231459.GA30349@voi.aagh.net> <3C42390A.F9E9F533@mindspring.com> <3C42E899.CB21BD0A@FreeBSD.org> <3C431EE5.1CFF557B@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: > > "James E. Housley" wrote: > > Right now I am trying to do network usage on the overflows the 32 bit > > counters in 60 120 seconds. That means the netstat values are useless, > > mrtg and other programs that poll for results every 5 minutes or so are > > useless. If I want to get good data I have to get the counts every 10 > > seconds or so to get reasonable results. > > Actually, I was thinking that if what you are counting overflowed > in such a short period of time, then you are counting the wrong > thing. > > Instead of bytes, try counting K or frames, instead of frames, > count packets, etc.. > > You still haven't told us exactly what counter is overflowing... > Bytes out is overflowing on a nice new DG box. Jim -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign . \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail . X - NO Word docs in e-mail . / \ ----------------------------------------------------------------- jeh@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power to Serve jim@TheHousleys.Net http://www.TheHousleys.net jhousley@SimTel.Net http://www.SimTel.Net --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nothing is fool proof, because fools are too ingenious. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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