[22818] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Byte Counters on Ciscos
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin, Christian)
Mon Jan 25 16:23:05 1999
From: "Martin, Christian" <CMartin@mercury.balink.com>
To: "'alex@nac.net'" <alex@nac.net>
Cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:54:26 -0500
32 bits unsigned. 4294967296 MAX.
Chris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alex@nac.net [mailto:alex@nac.net]
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 1999 10:47 AM
> To: nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Byte Counters on Ciscos
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> I am working on some byte counting stuff, and have a odd question.
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> I noticed on my of my routers:
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> 2403558863 packets input, 2476827328 bytes
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> thats:
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> 2,403,558,863 packets input,
> 2,476,827,328 bytes
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> which when divided out, comes to 1.03 bytes per packet, which without
> saying is obviously in error.
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> So, when does a Cisco counter 'flip' ? How many bits is it?
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