begin Alan Poulton quotation: > > Hmm... two questions. Do the numbers reset when the system is booted? My > guess is yes. Yes. > And does it give Bytes transmitted/received, or just the > sheer number of packets? Both. Do an ifconfig now and look at the output. > If the numbers are reset when the system is booted, it won't work. I > might not remember to write down the numbers if I have to reboot for > some reason. So do it automatically. Make a script that saves it, and set your rc links to run it before taking down the network interface on a shutdown. If you're worried about crashes, capture the information periodically. -- Shawn McMahon | Information may want to be free, but fiber http://www.eiv.com | optic cable wants to be one million US AIM: spmcmahonfedex, smcmahoneiv | dollars per mile.
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