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Date:      Fri, 1 Oct 1999 09:25:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To:        Zahemszky Gabor <zgabor@CoDe.hu>
Cc:        freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: packet counting with firewall
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910010921540.39615-100000@home.elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <199910011217.OAA00958@CoDe.hu>

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On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Zahemszky Gabor wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I need a way to count the network traffic on some of the pppX interfaces.
> So ipfw's count action is good to me.  I have two methods in my mind:
> 
> a)  Every time, the connection established
> in ip-up:
> ipfw -q add X+1 count ip from any to any via pppX
> and in ip-down:
> ipfw show X+1 >> logfile
> ipfw -q delete X+1
> 
> b) At system startup, I add all the count rules:
> 
> ipfw -q add 1 count ip from any to any via ppp0
> ipfw -q add 2 count ip from any to any via ppp1
> ipfw -q add 3 count ip from any to any via ppp2
>  etc.
> and in ip-up:
> ipfw -q zero X+1
> and in ip-down:
> ipfw show X+1 >> logfile
> 
> (I use interface X and rule X+1 - is there any problem with the rule number
> 0?  Eg. in iijppp, rule 0 is special.  If not, it's a bit simpler, of course.)
> 
> So my question is that simple: which is the better method?  Adding/removing
> rules, or adding rules at the beginning (and check them on every packet)
> and sometimes zeroing them?
> 
> By the way, I'm interested in another alternatives if it's too crazy.  Yes I
> know that with netstat -iI pppX I can get the packet statistics, but:
> a) are there any methods to reset the counters, eg: netstat -z -I pppX or
> something like that
> b) netstat counts the packets before or after ipfw/ipf?
> (And netstat's counters are only packets, and I think that a 100 byte
> packet has not to be counted equal to a 1000 byte packet.)

netstat -ib also counts bytes

You can use the same calls as netstat to read these numbers in your own
C code..



both methods would work ok..


julian


> 
> Thank,
> 	Gabor
> 
> PS: Please CC: to me, as I'm not on that list.  Thanx!
> 
> ZGabor at CoDe dot HU
> 
> -- 
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