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Re: Persistent SLIP statistics
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthias Urlichs)
Tue Jun 4 04:06:23 1996
From: Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 05:04:59 +0100
In linux.dev.net, article <9605291552.AA15282@rsphy6.anu.edu.au>,
Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@rsphy6.anu.edu.au> writes:
>
> Valid point -- the mapping of sl0 -> slN to various serial ports can
> also vary depending on the order of usage, and thus the stats are not
> necessarily bound to any one serial port. So I guess clearing the stats
> for each up/down is actually the Right Thing To Do in this case.
>
How about clearing the stats for each _up_ event, but leave them alone for
the _down_ event?
That way, you can still collect the data when the interface goes down, yet
there counters get cleared when a connection starts.
If you need persistent statistics, use an accounting firewall, I'd say.
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Matthias Urlichs
