Re: netstat fibbing

Juraj Lutter <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 14:30:12 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.os.freebsd.stable
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> On 4. Aug 2026, at 14:20, Kurt Jaeger <[email protected]> wrote:
>=20
> Hi!
>=20
>> Am 04.08.26 um 11:16 schrieb Daniel Braniss:
>>> seconds after boot netstat -i shows:
>>> ixl0   1500 <Link#3>         44:49:88:06:c8:ec        =
281474976712290           0  4294807372  281474976711906           0     =
      0
>>>         ixl0      - 132.65.60.0/22   =
store-09s.cs.huji.ac.il<http://store-09s.cs.huji.ac.il/>             =
1203           -           -             1254           -           -
>>>=20
>>> this is freebsd 15.1
>>=20
>> What's the problem with that?
>=20
> The numbers should be much smaller. It looks like a counter =
wrap-around ?

Or a signed vs. unsigned format mismatch perhaps?

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