Re: How to count tx and rx bytes?

["Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:38:16 +0100 Rask Ingemann Lambertsen <rask@xxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

| On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 12:03:58PM -0800, Ben Greear wrote:
| > 
| > Is there an agreed upon standard for exactly what ethernet drivers
| > should be counting for rx-bytes and tx-bytes?  For example, should the
| > counters include the 4-byte FCS?  Should they include the ethernet header?
| 
| Should they include the frame padding in tx-bytes? Some do, some don't.
| IMHO they should, because you do actually transmit those bytes on the wire.

If you are referring to padding that is put there by software,
then Yes.

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~Randy