I waited a few seconds, and I also tried a few times after that and looked, and it did not go up to account for the transfer.
This is presuming that my math in my post is correct, but I think it is. My conclusion has become that somehow transfer numbers for packet counts don't show up correctly when they are done inside the jail - which is worrisome, since these counters are system-wide... On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Ian Dowse wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Josh Brooks > writes: > > > >I run netstat -i fxp0 while _innside_ a jail: > > >and then, I transfer a large file from the jail to some external host. > > >The file I transferred out was 4.3 megabytes. Opkts only increased by > >1733 ... which means 2481 bytes per packet ... but ifconfig tells us: > > How long did you wait after the transfer completed before checking > netstat? I think the packet counts for fxp interfaces are only > updated about once a second, as the driver periodically polls them > from the hardware (the byte counts are updated immediately though). > > Ian > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
