Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 17:10:30 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: "Michael T. Gray" <mtg@nampa.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Packet size Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101141706240.44600-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <3A620694.7A56A41A@nampa.net>
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Michael T. Gray wrote to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG: > Hello, > When I receive mail from the root, it talks about packets. > InPackets and OutPackets. How big are they? > Thanks, MTG Refer to the MTU of your network interface. (`ifconfig -a`). For Ethernet devices, the maximum transmission unit is 1500 bytes. (1460 data bytes plus header). Packets can be smaller than that, though, so the packet count is not directly related to volume of traffic. There are columns in that report representing the number of bytes transferred, though. - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Network Administrator, Accounts SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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