isnt that only used at the beginning, when dhcp obtain the ip ?
i dont understand the arp dhcp process :(
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From: Jason Opperisano <opie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:04:22 -0500
Subject: Re: iptables & ifconfig wrong packet accounting
To: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 01:21, jorge alonso wrote:
> i'm trying to do traffic accounting with iptables but the received
> packets from iptables (iptables -L -v) and packets from ifconfig dont
> match.
> ifconfig counts more packets is it normal ?
my guess would be that 'ifconfig' counts packets such as arp and dhcp
requests/replies that never make it up to the netfilter hooks.
-j
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