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Subject: Re: 7.0-release / systat / 3GB
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>
> I am a bit curious though why once the outgoing bandwidth exceeds (more or 
> less) 3GB, the Total counter gets reset and starts counting from scratch.

isn't it 4GB - because of 32-bit unsigned counter?

>
> Is it because of the network interface?
>
> Jun 20 14:17:49 relay kernel: re0: <RealTek 8168/8111B PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> 
> port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 0xf1000000-0xf1000fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci3
>
> If it matters, 'uname -ris' says
> FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p2 RELAY
>
> Many thanks!
>
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> Zbigniew Szalbot
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