ethernet statistics

[Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri]

----- Original Message ----

> From: Ricardo Jesus <ricardo.meb.jesus at gmail.com>
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 10:50:59 PM
> Subject: Re: ethernet statistics
> 
> Gian Paolo Buono wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > try systat and  :ifstat
> >
> > bye
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Erik Osterholm <
> > freebsd-lists-erik at erikosterholm.org> wrote:
> >
> >  
> >> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 04:39:35PM +0200, Vonarburg, David wrote:
> >>    
> >>> Hi,
> >>> I am using Intel PRO/1000PT Server adaptor with freeBSD 7.0.
> >>> How can I read out the statistics of the card from software?
> >>> (num bytes received, packets sent and more)
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in advance
> >>> David
> >>>      
> >> Is netstat -i what you're looking for?
> >>
> >> Erik
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> >  
> Hi,
> 
> I'd suggest vnStat.
> 
> I've posted a post on my blog a few days ago on how to set it up on 
> FreeBSD: 
> http://linux-bsd-sharing.blogspot.com/2008/09/howto-monitor-network-traffic-with.html
> 
> Best Regards.

I think there is small error with this port.

BB# vnstat -l
Monitoring eth0...    (press CTRL-C to stop)

   getting traffic...Error:
Unable to get interface statistics.

Is it made to be used for linux as default?



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-Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
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