Byte Counters on Ciscos

Mon Jan 25 20:54:26 UTC 1999

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Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: alex at nac.net [mailto:alex at nac.net]
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 1999 10:47 AM
> To: nanog at merit.edu
> Subject: Byte Counters on Ciscos
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> I am working on some byte counting stuff, and have a odd question.
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> I noticed on my of my routers:
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>      2403558863 packets input, 2476827328 bytes
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> thats:
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>      2,403,558,863 packets input, 
>      2,476,827,328 bytes
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> which when divided out, comes to 1.03 bytes per packet, which without
> saying is obviously in error.
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> So, when does a Cisco counter 'flip' ? How many bits is it?
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