6.4. Network monitoring commands

This section presents the network monitoring commands, with usage examples, and useful combinations. Some of the commands may also be used for monitoring other system subsystems, but we emphasize the network related aspects.

6.4.1. The entstat command

The entstat command displays ethernet device driver and device statistics.

Syntax:

entstat [ -drt ] Device_Name

Useful options

entstat -dThis option will display interface as well device driver information
entstat -rThis option resets statistics collected by entstat
Description

The entstat command displays the statistics gathered by the specified Ethernet device driver. The user can optionally specify that the device-specific statistics be displayed in addition ...

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