1PPPSTATS(8)                 System Manager's Manual                PPPSTATS(8)
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NAME

6       pppstats - print PPP statistics
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SYNOPSIS

9       pppstats  [  -a  ]  [ -v ] [ -r ] [ -z ] [ -c <count> ] [ -w <secs> ] [
10       interface ]
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DESCRIPTION

13       The pppstats utility reports PPP-related statistics at  regular  inter‐
14       vals for the specified PPP interface.  If the interface is unspecified,
15       it will default to ppp0.  The display is split horizontally into  input
16       and  output  sections  containing  columns of statistics describing the
17       properties and volume of packets received and transmitted by the inter‐
18       face.
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20       The options are as follows:
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22       -a     Display  absolute  values rather than deltas.  With this option,
23              all reports show statistics for the time since the link was ini‐
24              tiated.   Without this option, the second and subsequent reports
25              show statistics for the time since the last report.
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27       -c count
28              Repeat the display count times.  If this option  is  not  speci‐
29              fied,  the  default  repeat  count  is 1 if the -w option is not
30              specified, otherwise infinity.
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32       -r     Display additional statistics summarizing the compression  ratio
33              achieved by the packet compression algorithm in use.
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35       -v     Display additional statistics relating to the performance of the
36              Van Jacobson TCP header compression algorithm.
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38       -w wait
39              Pause wait seconds between each display.  If this option is  not
40              specified, the default interval is 5 seconds.
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42       -z     Instead  of the standard display, show statistics indicating the
43              performance of the packet compression algorithm in use.
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45       The following fields are printed on the input side when the  -z  option
46       is not used:
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48       IN     The total number of bytes received by this interface.
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50       PACK   The total number of packets received by this interface.
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52       VJCOMP The  number  of  header-compressed  TCP packets received by this
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55       VJUNC  The number of header-uncompressed TCP packets received  by  this
56              interface.  Not reported when the -r option is specified.
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58       VJERR  The  number  of corrupted or bogus header-compressed TCP packets
59              received by this interface.  Not reported when the -r option  is
60              specified.
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62       VJTOSS The number of VJ header-compressed TCP packets dropped on recep‐
63              tion by  this  interface  because  of  preceding  errors.   Only
64              reported when the -v option is specified.
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66       NON-VJ The  total number of non-TCP packets received by this interface.
67              Only reported when the -v option is specified.
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69       RATIO  The compression ratio  achieved  for  received  packets  by  the
70              packet  compression  scheme  in use, defined as the uncompressed
71              size divided by the compressed size.  Only reported when the  -r
72              option is specified.
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74       UBYTE  The  total number of bytes received, after decompression of com‐
75              pressed packets.  Only reported when the -r option is specified.
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77       The following fields are printed on the output side:
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79       OUT    The total number of bytes transmitted from this interface.
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81       PACK   The total number of packets transmitted from this interface.
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83       VJCOMP The number of TCP packets transmitted from this  interface  with
84              VJ-compressed TCP headers.
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86       VJUNC  The  number  of TCP packets transmitted from this interface with
87              VJ-uncompressed TCP headers.  Not reported when the -r option is
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90       NON-VJ The total number of non-TCP packets transmitted from this inter‐
91              face.  Not reported when the -r option is specified.
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93       VJSRCH The number of searches for the cached  header  entry  for  a  VJ
94              header  compressed TCP packet.  Only reported when the -v option
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97       VJMISS The number of failed searches for the cached header entry for  a
98              VJ  header  compressed  TCP  packet.   Only reported when the -v
99              option is specified.
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101       RATIO  The compression ratio achieved for transmitted  packets  by  the
102              packet  compression  scheme  in  use, defined as the size before
103              compression divided by the compressed size.  Only reported  when
104              the -r option is specified.
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106       UBYTE  The  total number of bytes to be transmitted, before packet com‐
107              pression is applied.  Only reported when the -r option is speci‐
108              fied.
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110       When the -z option is specified, instead displays the following fields,
111       relating to the packet compression  algorithm  currently  in  use.   If
112       packet compression is not in use, these fields will all display zeroes.
113       The fields displayed on the input side are:
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115       COMPRESSED BYTE
116              The number of bytes of compressed packets received.
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118       COMPRESSED PACK
119              The number of compressed packets received.
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121       INCOMPRESSIBLE BYTE
122              The number of bytes of incompressible packets  (that  is,  those
123              which were transmitted in uncompressed form) received.
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125       INCOMPRESSIBLE PACK
126              The number of incompressible packets received.
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128       COMP RATIO
129              The  recent  compression  ratio for incoming packets, defined as
130              the uncompressed size divided by the compressed size  (including
131              both compressible and incompressible packets).
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133       The fields displayed on the output side are:
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135       COMPRESSED BYTE
136              The number of bytes of compressed packets transmitted.
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138       COMPRESSED PACK
139              The number of compressed packets transmitted.
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141       INCOMPRESSIBLE BYTE
142              The  number of bytes of incompressible packets transmitted (that
143              is, those which were transmitted in uncompressed form).
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145       INCOMPRESSIBLE PACK
146              The number of incompressible packets transmitted.
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148       COMP RATIO
149              The recent compression ratio for outgoing packets.
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SEE ALSO

152       pppd(8)
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