Re: Reset Interface statistics eth0

["Mikevl" <Mikevl paradise net nz>]

Hi Werner

Yes this sound like what I wanted. Can I achieve the same thing by using
"ifdown" and then run rmmod alias eth1 3c59x.

Will rmmod actually uninstall the network card completely or just unload it
statistics?

Many thanks

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Werner Puschitz" <wp puschitz com>
To: <redhat-list redhat com>
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: Reset Interface statistics eth0


>
> 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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> Oracle Certified Professional DBA
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