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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 netstat
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 netstat
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 netstat
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 netstat
60.Op Fl p Ar protocol
61.Op Fl M Ar core
62.Op Fl N Ar system
63.Sh DESCRIPTION
64The
65.Nm netstat
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 netstat
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 ,
112and
113.Ar unix  ,
114for
115.Dv AF_UNIX  .
116.It Fl g
117Show information related to multicast (group address) routing.
118By default, show the IP Multicast virtual-interface and routing tables.
119If the
120.Fl s
121option is also present, show multicast routing statistics.
122.It Fl h
123Show the state of the
124.Tn IMP
125host table (obsolete).
126.It Fl I Ar interface
127Show information about the specified interface;
128used with a
129.Ar wait
130interval as described below.
131.It Fl i
132Show the state of interfaces which have been auto-configured
133(interfaces statically configured into a system, but not
134located at boot time are not shown).
135If the
136.Fl a
137options is also present, multicast addresses currently in use are shown
138for each Ethernet interface and for each IP interface address.
139Multicast addresses are shown on separate lines following the interface
140address with which they are associated.
141.It Fl M
142Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core
143instead of the default
144.Pa /dev/kmem .
145.It Fl m
146Show statistics recorded by the memory management routines
147(the network manages a private pool of memory buffers).
148.It Fl N
149Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the default
150.Pa /netbsd .
151.It Fl n
152Show network addresses as numbers (normally
153.Nm netstat
154interprets addresses and attempts to display them
155symbolically).
156This option may be used with any of the display formats.
157.It Fl p Ar protocol
158Show statistics about
159.Ar protocol  ,
160which is either a well-known name for a protocol or an alias for it.  Some
161protocol names and aliases are listed in the file
162.Pa /etc/protocols .
163A null response typically means that there are no interesting numbers to
164report.
165The program will complain if
166.Ar protocol
167is unknown or if there is no statistics routine for it.
168.It Fl s
169Show per-protocol statistics.
170If this option is repeated, counters with a value of zero are suppressed.
171.It Fl r
172Show the routing tables.
173When
174.Fl s
175is also present, show routing statistics instead.
176.It Fl w Ar wait
177Show network interface statistics at intervals of
178.Ar wait
179seconds.
180.El
181.Pp
182The default display, for active sockets, shows the local
183and remote addresses, send and receive queue sizes (in bytes), protocol,
184and the internal state of the protocol.
185Address formats are of the form ``host.port'' or ``network.port''
186if a socket's address specifies a network but no specific host address.
187When known the host and network addresses are displayed symbolically
188according to the data bases
189.Pa /etc/hosts
190and
191.Pa /etc/networks ,
192respectively.  If a symbolic name for an address is unknown, or if
193the
194.Fl n
195option is specified, the address is printed numerically, according
196to the address family.
197For more information regarding
198the Internet ``dot format,''
199refer to
200.Xr inet 3 ) .
201Unspecified,
202or ``wildcard'', addresses and ports appear as ``*''.
203.Pp
204The interface display provides a table of cumulative
205statistics regarding packets transferred, errors, and collisions.
206The network addresses of the interface
207and the maximum transmission unit (``mtu'') are also displayed.
208.Pp
209The routing table display indicates the available routes and
210their status.  Each route consists of a destination host or network
211and a gateway to use in forwarding packets.  The flags field shows
212a collection of information about the route stored as
213binary choices.  The individual flags are discussed in more
214detail in the
215.Xr route 8
216and
217.Xr route 4
218manual pages.
219The mapping between letters and flags is:
220.Bl -column XXXX RTF_BLACKHOLE
2211	RTF_PROTO2	Protocol specific routing flag #1
2222	RTF_PROTO1	Protocol specific routing flag #2
223B	RTF_BLACKHOLE	Just discard pkts (during updates)
224C	RTF_CLONING	Generate new routes on use
225D	RTF_DYNAMIC	Created dynamically (by redirect)
226G	RTF_GATEWAY	Destination requires forwarding by intermediary
227H	RTF_HOST	Host entry (net otherwise)
228L	RTF_LLINFO	Valid protocol to link address translation.
229M	RTF_MODIFIED	Modified dynamically (by redirect)
230R	RTF_REJECT	Host or net unreachable
231S	RTF_STATIC	Manually added
232U	RTF_UP	Route usable
233X	RTF_XRESOLVE	External daemon translates proto to link address
234.El
235.Pp
236Direct routes are created for each
237interface attached to the local host;
238the gateway field for such entries shows the address of the outgoing interface.
239The refcnt field gives the
240current number of active uses of the route.  Connection oriented
241protocols normally hold on to a single route for the duration of
242a connection while connectionless protocols obtain a route while sending
243to the same destination.
244The use field provides a count of the number of packets
245sent using that route.  The mtu entry shows the mtu associated with
246that route.  This mtu value is used as the basis for the TCP maximum
247segment size.  A
248.Sq -
249indicates that the mtu for this route has not been set, and a default
250TCP maximum segment size will be used.  The interface entry indicates
251the network interface utilized for the route.
252.Pp
253When
254.Nm netstat
255is invoked with the
256.Fl w
257option and a
258.Ar wait
259interval argument, it displays a running count of statistics related to
260network interfaces.
261An obsolescent version of this option used a numeric parameter
262with no option, and is currently supported for backward compatibility.
263This display consists of a column for the primary interface (the first
264interface found during autoconfiguration) and a column summarizing
265information for all interfaces.
266The primary interface may be replaced with another interface with the
267.Fl I
268option.
269The first line of each screen of information contains a summary since the
270system was last rebooted.  Subsequent lines of output show values
271accumulated over the preceding interval.
272.Sh SEE ALSO
273.Xr nfsstat 1 ,
274.Xr ps 1 ,
275.Xr hosts 5 ,
276.Xr networks 5 ,
277.Xr protocols 5 ,
278.Xr services 5 ,
279.Xr trpt 8 ,
280.Xr trsp 8 ,
281.Xr iostat 8 ,
282.Xr vmstat 8
283.Sh HISTORY
284The
285.Nm netstat
286command appeared in
287.Bx 4.2 .
288.\" .Sh FILES
289.\" .Bl -tag -width /dev/kmem -compact
290.\" .It Pa /netbsd
291.\" default kernel namelist
292.\" .It Pa /dev/kmem
293.\" default memory file
294.\" .El
295.Sh BUGS
296The notion of errors is ill-defined.
297