Re: Bye and Packet Counters

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On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 09:51:33AM -0600, Glover George wrote:
> Now with iptables -t nat -L -v I can get some packet counters, but not
> the complete number.  Even still this would require constant polling
> since before a delete, I could read the packet counters, but if I'm not
> deleteing it, I would constantly have to poll it (the counters are
> presented via a graphical interface, and will be polled every so many
> seconds).  So you see, I can't just go running iptables constantly.

   I don't see how you can get around the need to constantly run
iptables, but if the lack of accurate numbers is the problem then simply
add the -x flag to get the exact byte/packet counts:

	iptables -t nat -nxvL

For doing it without running iptables I you may want to look at:

	http://www.netfilter.org/documentation/FAQ/netfilter-faq-4.html#ss4.1

HTH,

-Ath
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