Re: Reset Interface statistics eth0

[Werner Puschitz <wp puschitz com>]

On Sun, 1 Jun 2003, Mikevl wrote:

> Hi
> 
> As part of my tracking of the monthly DSL traffic I would like to be able to reset the interface statistics as shown in if config or /proc/net/dev. I have tried "ifdown, ifup" although this stops the interface it does not reset the statistics for the interface. Obviously I could reset the machine every month but this is a bit extreme.
> 
> Any help much appreciated
> 
> Many thanks
> 
> Mike

You need to unload the network module.

Shutdown the interface. E.g.:
service network stop

Remove the network module. You can get the module name from e.g. /etc/modules.conf:
rmmod <network_module_name>

Bring up the network:
service network start

BTW, you can see the changes in /proc/net/dev very nicely with:
watch -d cat /proc/net/dev

Werner

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Werner Puschitz                           
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Oracle Certified Professional DBA
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