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36.Dd April 18, 1994
37.Dt NETSTAT 1
38.Os BSD 4.2
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm netstat
41.Nd show network status
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm
44.Op Fl Aan
45.Op Fl f Ar address_family
46.Op Fl M Ar core
47.Op Fl N Ar system
48.Nm ""
49.Op Fl dghimnrs
50.Op Fl f Ar address_family
51.Op Fl M Ar core
52.Op Fl N Ar system
53.Nm ""
54.Op Fl dn
55.Op Fl I Ar interface
56.Op Fl M Ar core
57.Op Fl N Ar system
58.Op Fl w Ar wait
59.Nm ""
60.Op Fl p Ar protocol
61.Op Fl M Ar core
62.Op Fl N Ar system
63.Sh DESCRIPTION
64The
65.Nm
66command symbolically displays the contents of various network-related
67data structures.
68There are a number of output formats,
69depending on the options for the information presented.
70The first form of the command displays a list of active sockets for
71each protocol.
72The second form presents the contents of one of the other network
73data structures according to the option selected.
74Using the third form, with a
75.Ar wait
76interval specified,
77.Nm
78will continuously display the information regarding packet
79traffic on the configured network interfaces.
80The fourth form displays statistics about the named protocol.
81.Pp
82The options have the following meaning:
83.Bl -tag -width flag
84.It Fl A
85With the default display,
86show the address of any protocol control blocks associated with sockets; used
87for debugging.
88.It Fl a
89With the default display,
90show the state of all sockets; normally sockets used by
91server processes are not shown.
92.It Fl d
93With either interface display (option
94.Fl i
95or an interval, as described below),
96show the number of dropped packets.
97.It Fl f Ar address_family
98Limit statistics or address control block reports to those
99of the specified
100.Ar address family  .
101The following address families
102are recognized:
103.Ar inet ,
104for
105.Dv AF_INET ;
106.Ar ns ,
107for
108.Dv AF_NS ;
109.Ar iso ,
110for
111.Dv AF_ISO ;
112.Ar atalk ,
113for
114.Dv AF_APPLETALK ;
115and
116.Ar unix ,
117for
118.Dv AF_UNIX .
119.It Fl g
120Show information related to multicast (group address) routing.
121By default, show the IP Multicast virtual-interface and routing tables.
122If the
123.Fl s
124option is also present, show multicast routing statistics.
125.It Fl h
126Show the state of the
127.Tn IMP
128host table (obsolete).
129.It Fl I Ar interface
130Show information about the specified interface;
131used with a
132.Ar wait
133interval as described below.
134.It Fl i
135Show the state of interfaces which have been auto-configured
136(interfaces statically configured into a system, but not
137located at boot time are not shown).
138If the
139.Fl a
140options is also present, multicast addresses currently in use are shown
141for each Ethernet interface and for each IP interface address.
142Multicast addresses are shown on separate lines following the interface
143address with which they are associated.
144.It Fl M
145Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core
146instead of the default
147.Pa /dev/kmem .
148.It Fl m
149Show statistics recorded by the memory management routines
150(the network manages a private pool of memory buffers).
151.It Fl N
152Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the default
153.Pa /netbsd .
154.It Fl n
155Show network addresses as numbers (normally
156.Nm
157interprets addresses and attempts to display them
158symbolically).
159This option may be used with any of the display formats.
160.It Fl p Ar protocol
161Show statistics about
162.Ar protocol  ,
163which is either a well-known name for a protocol or an alias for it.  Some
164protocol names and aliases are listed in the file
165.Pa /etc/protocols .
166A null response typically means that there are no interesting numbers to
167report.
168The program will complain if
169.Ar protocol
170is unknown or if there is no statistics routine for it.
171.It Fl s
172Show per-protocol statistics.
173If this option is repeated, counters with a value of zero are suppressed.
174.It Fl r
175Show the routing tables.
176When
177.Fl s
178is also present, show routing statistics instead.
179.It Fl w Ar wait
180Show network interface statistics at intervals of
181.Ar wait
182seconds.
183.El
184.Pp
185The default display, for active sockets, shows the local
186and remote addresses, send and receive queue sizes (in bytes), protocol,
187and the internal state of the protocol.
188Address formats are of the form ``host.port'' or ``network.port''
189if a socket's address specifies a network but no specific host address.
190When known the host and network addresses are displayed symbolically
191according to the data bases
192.Pa /etc/hosts
193and
194.Pa /etc/networks ,
195respectively.  If a symbolic name for an address is unknown, or if
196the
197.Fl n
198option is specified, the address is printed numerically, according
199to the address family.
200For more information regarding
201the Internet ``dot format,''
202refer to
203.Xr inet 3 ) .
204Unspecified,
205or ``wildcard'', addresses and ports appear as ``*''.
206.Pp
207The interface display provides a table of cumulative
208statistics regarding packets transferred, errors, and collisions.
209The network addresses of the interface
210and the maximum transmission unit (``mtu'') are also displayed.
211.Pp
212The routing table display indicates the available routes and
213their status.  Each route consists of a destination host or network
214and a gateway to use in forwarding packets.  The flags field shows
215a collection of information about the route stored as
216binary choices.  The individual flags are discussed in more
217detail in the
218.Xr route 8
219and
220.Xr route 4
221manual pages.
222The mapping between letters and flags is:
223.Bl -column XXXX RTF_BLACKHOLE
2241	RTF_PROTO2	Protocol specific routing flag #1
2252	RTF_PROTO1	Protocol specific routing flag #2
226B	RTF_BLACKHOLE	Just discard pkts (during updates)
227C	RTF_CLONING	Generate new routes on use
228D	RTF_DYNAMIC	Created dynamically (by redirect)
229G	RTF_GATEWAY	Destination requires forwarding by intermediary
230H	RTF_HOST	Host entry (net otherwise)
231L	RTF_LLINFO	Valid protocol to link address translation.
232M	RTF_MODIFIED	Modified dynamically (by redirect)
233R	RTF_REJECT	Host or net unreachable
234S	RTF_STATIC	Manually added
235U	RTF_UP	Route usable
236X	RTF_XRESOLVE	External daemon translates proto to link address
237.El
238.Pp
239Direct routes are created for each
240interface attached to the local host;
241the gateway field for such entries shows the address of the outgoing interface.
242The refcnt field gives the
243current number of active uses of the route.  Connection oriented
244protocols normally hold on to a single route for the duration of
245a connection while connectionless protocols obtain a route while sending
246to the same destination.
247The use field provides a count of the number of packets
248sent using that route.  The mtu entry shows the mtu associated with
249that route.  This mtu value is used as the basis for the TCP maximum
250segment size.  The 'L' flag appended to the mtu value indicates that
251the value is locked, and that path mtu discovery is turned off for
252that route.
253A
254.Sq -
255indicates that the mtu for this route has not been set, and a default
256TCP maximum segment size will be used.  The interface entry indicates
257the network interface utilized for the route.
258.Pp
259When
260.Nm
261is invoked with the
262.Fl w
263option and a
264.Ar wait
265interval argument, it displays a running count of statistics related to
266network interfaces.
267An obsolescent version of this option used a numeric parameter
268with no option, and is currently supported for backward compatibility.
269This display consists of a column for the primary interface (the first
270interface found during autoconfiguration) and a column summarizing
271information for all interfaces.
272The primary interface may be replaced with another interface with the
273.Fl I
274option.
275The first line of each screen of information contains a summary since the
276system was last rebooted.  Subsequent lines of output show values
277accumulated over the preceding interval.
278.Sh SEE ALSO
279.Xr nfsstat 1 ,
280.Xr ps 1 ,
281.Xr hosts 5 ,
282.Xr networks 5 ,
283.Xr protocols 5 ,
284.Xr services 5 ,
285.Xr trpt 8 ,
286.Xr trsp 8 ,
287.Xr iostat 8 ,
288.Xr vmstat 8
289.Sh HISTORY
290The
291.Nm
292command appeared in
293.Bx 4.2 .
294.\" .Sh FILES
295.\" .Bl -tag -width /dev/kmem -compact
296.\" .It Pa /netbsd
297.\" default kernel namelist
298.\" .It Pa /dev/kmem
299.\" default memory file
300.\" .El
301.Sh BUGS
302The notion of errors is ill-defined.
303