From: Victor Aleo (victor.aleo_at_estudiant.upc.es)
Date: 2002-09-12 09:55:46 UTC
Sorry for the off-topic! I've already fixed it.
Victor Aleo wrote:
> Anyone has done a C program to get the statistics from the file
> /proc/net/prism2/wlan#/stats?(since this seems the only way to get traffic
> statistics from the prism2 driver).
>
> I know that this is maybe an off-topic but I am not an expert C programmer ;)
> I've read the lines of the file, but then I got the description of the
> parameter and the value in the same string! E.g:
>
> TxUnicastFrames=1705
>
> I want to get the name of the parameter (TxUnicastFrames) and its value
> (1705).
>
> Thanks,
> ---
> Victor
>
> Jouni Malinen wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 04:53:23PM +0200, Victor Aleo wrote:
> >
> > > The first problem is that the info provided by
> > > /proc/net/prism2/wlan#/stats does not provide the number of bytes
> > > transmitted and received by the AP, but only the total number of frames
> > > (TxFragments and RxFragments).
> >
> > Eh? TxUnicastOctets, TxMulticastOctets, RxUnicastOctets,
> > RxMulticastOctets..
> >
> > > Then, the correct question is: How can I do to fetch the total number of
> > > transmitted and received bytes?
> >
> > See above or use wlan# netdev statistics. The driver increases the
> > statistics in the Linux netdev and 'stats' in procfs is the sum from the
> > CommTallies from the card firmware.
> >
> > --
> > Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA
-- Victor