1SNMPNETSTAT(1)                     Net-SNMP                     SNMPNETSTAT(1)
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NAME

6       snmpnetstat  -  display networking status and configuration information
7       from a network entity via SNMP
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SYNOPSIS

10       snmpnetstat [COMMON OPTIONS] [-Ca]  [-Cn]  [-Cv]  [-Cf  address_family]
11       AGENT
12       snmpnetstat  [COMMON  OPTIONS]  [-Cr]  [-Cn] [-Cv] [-Cf address_family]
13       AGENT
14       snmpnetstat [COMMON OPTIONS] [-Ci] [-C o | b | d] [-Cn] [-Cv] [-CI  in‐
15       terface] [-Cw interval] AGENT
16       snmpnetstat [COMMON OPTIONS] [-Cs[s]] [-Cp protocol] AGENT
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DESCRIPTION

19       The  snmpnetstat  command  symbolically  displays the values of various
20       network-related information retrieved from a remote  system  using  the
21       SNMP  protocol.  There are a number of output formats, depending on the
22       options for the information presented.  The first form of  the  command
23       displays a list of active sockets.  The second form presents the values
24       of other network-related information according to the option  selected.
25       Using the third form, with an interval specified, snmpnetstat will con‐
26       tinuously display the information regarding packet traffic on the  con‐
27       figured  network interfaces.  The fourth form displays statistics about
28       the named protocol.
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30       snmpnetstat will issue GETBULK requests to query for information if  at
31       least protocol version v2 is used.
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33       AGENT  identifies a target SNMP agent, which is instrumented to monitor
34       the given objects.  At its simplest, the AGENT specification will  con‐
35       sist  of  a hostname or an IPv4 address. In this situation, the command
36       will attempt communication with the agent, using UDP/IPv4 to  port  161
37       of  the given target host. See snmpcmd(1) for a full list of the possi‐
38       ble formats for AGENT.
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OPTIONS

41       The options have the following meaning:
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43       COMMON OPTIONS
44        Please see snmpcmd(1) for a list of possible values for common options
45       as well as their descriptions.
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47       -CL  use the legacy SNMP MIB elements, not the modern IP version agnos‐
48       tic tables. snmpnetstat  will automatically fall back to the legacy ta‐
49       bles if the modern ones are not available.
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51       -Ca  With  the default display, show the state of all sockets; normally
52       sockets used by server processes are not shown.
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54       -Cf address_family Only show entries for the  selected  address  family
55       (inet, inet6)
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57       -Ci  Show  the  state  of all of the network interfaces.  The interface
58       display provides a table of  cumulative  statistics  regarding  packets
59       transferred,  errors, and collisions.  The network addresses of the in‐
60       terface and the maximum transmission unit (``mtu'') are also displayed.
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62       -Cd Add dropped packets to the interface display.
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64       -Cb Show an extended interface status, giving  octets  in  addition  to
65       packets.
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67       -Co  Show  an  abbreviated  interface status, giving octets in place of
68       packets.  This is useful when enquiring  virtual  interfaces  (such  as
69       Frame-Relay circuits) on a router.
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71       -CI  interface Show information only about this interface; used with an
72       interval as described below.
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74       -Cn Show network addresses as numbers (normally snmpnetstat  interprets
75       addresses  and attempts to display them symbolically).  This option may
76       be used with any of the display formats.
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78       -Cv Allow long host or service names  to  break  the  columnar  output.
79       This option may be used with any of the display formats.
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81       -Cp  protocol  Show  statistics about protocol, which is either a well-
82       known name for a protocol or an alias for it.  Some protocol names  and
83       aliases  are  listed in the file /etc/protocols.  A null response typi‐
84       cally means that there are no interesting numbers to report.  The  pro‐
85       gram  will complain if protocol is unknown or if there is no statistics
86       routine for it.
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88       -Cs Show per-protocol statistics.  If this is duplicated (-Css) statis‐
89       tics entries which are zero will be suppressed.
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91       -Cr Show the routing tables.
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93       -CR  repeaters  For  GETBULK  requests, repeaters specifies the max-re‐
94       peaters value to use.
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96       When snmpnetstat is invoked with an interval argument,  it  displays  a
97       running count of statistics related to network interfaces.  interval is
98       the number of seconds between reporting of statistics.
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100       The Active Sockets Display (default)
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102       The default display, for active sockets, shows the local and remote ad‐
103       dresses,  protocol,  and  the  internal state of the protocol.  Address
104       formats are of the form ``host.port'' or ``network.port'' if a socket's
105       address  specifies a network but no specific host address.  When known,
106       the host and network addresses are displayed symbolically according  to
107       the  databases  /etc/hosts  and /etc/networks, respectively.  If a sym‐
108       bolic name for an address is unknown, or if the -Cn  option  is  speci‐
109       fied, the address is printed numerically, according to the address fam‐
110       ily.  For more information regarding the Internet ``dot format,'' refer
111       to  inet(3N).  Unspecified, or ``wildcard'', addresses and ports appear
112       as ``*''.
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114       The Interface Display
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116       The interface display provides a table of cumulative statistics regard‐
117       ing  packets  transferred,  errors,  and col- lisions.  The network ad‐
118       dresses of the interface and the maximum  transmission  unit  (``mtu'')
119       are also displayed.
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121       The Routing Table Display
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123       The routing table display indicates the available routes and their sta‐
124       tus.  Each route consists of a destination host or network and a  gate‐
125       way to use in forwarding pack- ets.  The flags field shows the state of
126       the route (``U'' if ``up''), whether the route is to a gateway (``G''),
127       whether  the  route  was created dynamically by a redirect (``D''), and
128       whether the route has been modified  by  a  redirect  (``M'').   Direct
129       routes  are  created for each interface attached to the local host; the
130       gateway field for such entries shows the address of the outgoing inter-
131       face.  The interface entry indicates the network interface utilized for
132       the route.
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134       The Interface Display with an Interval
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136       When snmpnetstat is invoked with an interval argument,  it  displays  a
137       running  count  of statistics related to network interfaces.  This dis‐
138       play consists of a column for the primary interface and a column summa‐
139       rizing  information  for  all interfaces.  The primary interface may be
140       replaced with another interface with the -CI option.  The first line of
141       each screen of information contains a summary since the system was last
142       rebooted.  Subsequent lines of output show values accumulated over  the
143       preceding interval.
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145       The Active Sockets Display for a Single Protocol
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147       When  a protocol is specified with the -Cp option, the information dis‐
148       played is similar to that in the default display  for  active  sockets,
149       except the display is limited to the given protocol.
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EXAMPLES

152       Example of using snmpnetstat to display active sockets (default):
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154       % snmpnetstat -v 2c -c public -Ca testhost
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156       Active Internet (tcp) Connections (including servers)
157       Proto Local Address                Foreign Address                 (state)
158       tcp   *.echo                        *.*                            LISTEN
159       tcp   *.discard                     *.*                            LISTEN
160       tcp   *.daytime                     *.*                            LISTEN
161       tcp   *.chargen                     *.*                            LISTEN
162       tcp   *.ftp                         *.*                            LISTEN
163       tcp   *.telnet                      *.*                            LISTEN
164       tcp   *.smtp                        *.*                            LISTEN
165       ...
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167       Active Internet (udp) Connections
168       Proto Local Address
169       udp    *.echo
170       udp    *.discard
171       udp    *.daytime
172       udp    *.chargen
173       udp    *.time
174       ...
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176       % snmpnetstat -v 2c -c public -Ci testhost
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178       Name     Mtu Network    Address          Ipkts   Ierrs    Opkts Oerrs Queue
179       eri0    1500 10.6.9/24  testhost     170548881  245601   687976     0    0
180       lo0     8232 127        localhost      7530982       0  7530982     0    0
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182       Example of using snmpnetstat to show statistics about a specific proto‐
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185       % snmpnetstat -v 2c -c public -Cp tcp testhost
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187       Active Internet (tcp) Connections
188       Proto Local Address                Foreign Address                 (state)
189       tcp   *.echo                        *.*                            LISTEN
190       tcp   *.discard                     *.*                            LISTEN
191       tcp   *.daytime                     *.*                            LISTEN
192       tcp   *.chargen                     *.*                            LISTEN
193       tcp   *.ftp                         *.*                            LISTEN
194       tcp   *.telnet                      *.*                            LISTEN
195       tcp   *.smtp                        *.*                            LISTEN
196       ...
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SEE ALSO

199       snmpcmd(1), iostat(1), vmstat(1), hosts(5), networks(5),  protocols(5),
200       services(5).
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BUGS

203       The notion of errors is ill-defined.
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