[oclug] ISP Transfer limits

Patrick Smith patsmith at pobox.com
Tue Oct 8 11:15:47 EDT 2002


Bart Trojanowski wrote:
> * Patrick Smith <patsmith at pobox.com> [021008 10:21]:
>>Try 'ifconfig -a', and look for 'RX bytes' and 'TX bytes' in the output. 
>>  Granted, this only gives you numbers since the last reboot (or maybe 
>>since the interface was last brought up?).
> 
> It is important to note that this number wraps and as such may not
> capture enough info to make it worth while, especially with uptimes well
> over a month.

Thanks for the note.  I wasn't aware of this.  (I usually reboot every 
day, so wouldn't have noticed.)
-- 
patsmith at pobox.com





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