On Wednesday 19 March 2008, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Wednesday 19 March 2008 08:37:21 Tronn Wærdahl wrote:
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I wounder about RX bytes and TX bytes, what does it mean, how does it collect its data
RX= received, TX = transmitted.
How often does it zero the counters, every boot, hour or somethings else?. Is the information reliable
As far as I know, it zeros on boot.
On interface-bring-up actually :-) (not that far away).
And yes, it is reliable. However, 'transmitted' will include checksums etc.
Yes, this is bytes on ethernet level, not aware of higher levels (like tcp/ip).
Also, these counters are wrapping counters (32-bit on i386 (wraps every now and then), 64-bit on x86_64 ("never" wraps)).
/Peter
, so won't match exactly to a file length. Not an expert explanation, but adequate, I think :-)
Anne