Re: ifconfig question

[Jay Benfield <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi::

I think it <may> reset when the system is restarted. This
is what ifconfig yields on our Linux box:

eth0      Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet  HWaddr 00:60:97:33:84:DF
          inet addr:206.150.112.58  Bcast:206.150.112.63 
Mask:255.255.255.192
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2562251 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
          TX packets:3040273 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
          Interrupt:9 Base address:0x7f00

With an uptime that looks like:

9:24am  up 5 days, 23:07,  2 users,  load average: 0.00, 0.04, 0.06

I recall that number being much larger before I reset the system a week
ago.

- Jay 

Adam wrote:
> 
> This is the ifconfig of one of my Linux servers:
> 
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:60:08:0A:3A:2B
>           inet addr:192.168.1.9  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:151067034 errors:11 dropped:0 overruns:0
>           TX packets:151189443 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
>           Interrupt:10 Base address:0xfcc0
> 
> I'm wondering if the RX/TX number rolls over at some point,  and if so what
> is the limit?  If it rolls over I think my monitoring program I'm working
> on might go nuts.