Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:37:38 -0500 From: epilogue <epilogue@allstream.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: rather strange netstat output Message-ID: <20050128183738.1cd83b19@localhost>
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hello all,
4500 (steady) though 5500 (peak) is the usual transfer rate i see with
my 56k winmodem.
just wondering how the throughput below is possible? (yes, i said
winmodem) only 1 process is using the connection...
> netstat 1
input (Total) output
packets errs bytes packets errs bytes colls
13 0 11604 7 0 424 0
14 0 14549 7 0 428 0
12 0 12912 8 0 484 0
13 0 13005 8 0 484 0
14 0 15664 8 0 488 0
12 0 12150 8 0 484 0
14 0 14216 6 0 372 0
7 0 7445 6 0 360 0
14 0 13185 8 0 484 0
13 0 13029 8 0 484 0
15 0 14415 8 0 488 0
13 0 13079 7 0 428 0
14 0 13319 9 0 544 0
13 0 13049 8 0 484 0
13 0 13461 7 0 424 0
11 0 11882 6 0 368 0
14 0 14216 7 0 428 0
15 0 14640 9 0 544 0
14 0 14543 8 0 492 0
15 0 15716 8 0 496 0
15 0 17164 7 0 432 0
13 0 12964 7 0 436 0
16 0 17216 7 0 432 0
12 0 12912 7 0 432 0
12 0 12912 5 0 312 0
17 0 17335 9 0 552 0
15 0 17164 8 0 492 0
17 0 17431 9 0 552 0
15 0 16037 8 0 496 0
16 0 17216 9 0 552 0
16 0 17216 8 0 496 0
15 0 15716 7 0 436 0
17 0 17346 9 0 552 0
19 0 17678 11 0 664 0
16 0 17216 8 0 496 0
16 0 17216 8 0 496 0
17 0 17353 9 0 552 0
16 0 16173 8 0 488 0
16 0 17282 9 0 552 0
it doesn't happen all the time. in fact, rarely even. however, it
occurs frequently enough for me to ask myself (and you) the question.
is netstat a reliable gauge of transfer speed or should i be using
something else? am i just lucky sometimes? ;)
thanks for any clarification.
cheers,
epi
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