hello, 1. how does ifconfig and netstat get teh net statistics, where can i get the source to that funtion or source file. 2. is there any funtion in the network device driver source by accessing which i can get the packets received or the type of packets. if not can anybody gimme some tips on how can i write it. i am trying to write or modify the eth device driver(3c509.c) in such a way that i can statistics of the traffic and then i also want to identify teh traffic. in short i want to incorporate a function in my driver which when acceseed would act as a sniffer/protocol analyzer . any help or advise will be appreciated. thanks, phoram mehta - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html