Wednesday, April 10, 2002, 10:24:58 AM, Shawn McMahon wrote: >> And does it give Bytes transmitted/received, or just the sheer number >> of packets?
> Both. Do an ifconfig now and look at the output. Here's my output: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:29:30:85:C0 inet addr:xxx.xxx.xx.x Bcast:xxx.xxx.xx.xxx Mask:255.255.240.0 UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:76207 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:64844 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:46 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:5 Base address:0x220 Forgive me if I'm missing it, but I don't see the Bytes transmitted and received, only packets. > So do it automatically. Make a script that saves it, and set your rc > links to run it before taking down the network interface on a shutdown. Unfortunately, I'm not knowledgable in writing scripts just yet. I'm one of those people who needs to be able to install something, have it work, and be done with it. But that's not to say I'm against learning how to write scripts - it's just beyond my scope at this point in time =] -- - Alan Poulton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Those who make the rules don't play the game! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]