Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 15:20:12 -0400 From: Gary Schrock <root@eyelab.psy.msu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: netstat uses signed numbers for traffic counting? Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19970722152012.0070422c@eyelab.msu.edu>
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I'm kind of curious as to whether theres a reason that netstat uses signed numbers for keeping track of the number of bytes that have been sent/received. Quite honestly it would make more sense to me (unless there's actually a reason for it) to use an unsigned number. Here's the edited output for a machine I admin (edited for some clarity sake): Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Ibytes de0 1500 <Link>00.00.c0.c5.6e.d5 39360140 7 -1838703748 Note the Ibytes value. Gary Schrock root@eyelab.msu.edu
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