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33.Dd April 18, 1994
34.Dt NETSTAT 1
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm netstat
38.Nd show network status
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Nm netstat
41.Op Fl Aan
42.Op Fl f Ar address_family
43.Op Fl M Ar core
44.Op Fl N Ar system
45.Nm netstat
46.Op Fl bdgilmnqrstu
47.Op Fl f Ar address_family
48.Op Fl M Ar core
49.Op Fl N Ar system
50.Nm netstat
51.Op Fl bdn
52.Op Fl I Ar interface
53.Op Fl M Ar core
54.Op Fl N Ar system
55.Op Fl w Ar wait
56.Nm netstat
57.Op Fl M Ar core
58.Op Fl N Ar system
59.Op Fl p Ar protocol
60.Nm netstat
61.Op Fl s
62.Op Fl f Ar address_family
63.Op Fl i
64.Op Fl I Ar Interface
65.Sh DESCRIPTION
66The
67.Nm
68command symbolically displays the contents of various network-related
69data structures.
70There are a number of output formats,
71depending on the options for the information presented.
72.Pp
73The first form of the command displays a list of active sockets for
74each protocol.
75The second form presents the contents of one of the other network
76data structures according to the option selected.
77Using the third form, with a
78.Ar wait
79interval specified,
80.Nm
81will continuously display the information regarding packet
82traffic on the configured network interfaces.
83The fourth form displays statistics about the named protocol.
84The fifth form displays per interface statistics for
85the specified address family.
86.Pp
87The options are as follows:
88.Bl -tag -width Ds
89.It Fl A
90With the default display,
91show the address of any protocol control blocks associated with sockets; used
92for debugging.
93.It Fl a
94With the default display,
95show the state of all sockets; normally sockets used by
96server processes are not shown.
97.It Fl b
98With the interface display (option
99.Fl i ) ,
100show bytes in and out, instead of packet statistics.
101.It Fl d
102With either interface display (option
103.Fl i
104or an interval, as described below),
105show the number of dropped packets.
106.It Fl f Ar address_family
107Limit statistics or address control block reports to those
108of the specified
109.Ar address_family .
110.Pp
111The following address families are recognized:
112.Pp
113.Bl -column "Address Family" "AF_APPLETA" "Description" -offset indent -compact
114.It Sy "Address Family" Ta Sy "Constant" Ta Sy "Description"
115.It "inet" Ta Dv "AF_INET" Ta "IP Version 4"
116.It "inet6" Ta Dv "AF_INET6" Ta "IP Version 6"
117.It "ipx" Ta Dv "AF_IPX" Ta "Novell IPX"
118.It "atalk" Ta Dv "AF_APPLETALK" Ta "AppleTalk"
119.It "ns" Ta Dv "AF_NS" Ta "Xerox NS Protocols"
120.It "iso" Ta Dv "AF_ISO" Ta "ISO Protocol Family"
121.It "encap" Ta Dv "PF_KEY" Ta "IPsec"
122.It "local" Ta Dv "AF_LOCAL" Ta "Local to Host (i.e., pipes)"
123.It "unix" Ta Dv "AF_UNIX" Ta "Local to Host (i.e., pipes)"
124.El
125.Pp
126.It Fl g
127Show information related to multicast (group address) routing.
128By default, show the IP Multicast virtual-interface and routing tables.
129If the
130.Fl s
131option is also present, show multicast routing statistics.
132.It Fl I Ar interface
133Show information about the specified
134.Ar interface ;
135used with a
136.Ar wait
137interval as described below.
138.Pp
139If the
140.Fl f Ar address_family
141option (with the
142.Fl s
143option) is present, show per-interface
144statistics on the given interface for the specified
145.Ar address_family .
146.It Fl i
147Show the state of interfaces which have been auto-configured
148(interfaces statically configured into a system but not
149located at boot-time are not shown).
150.Pp
151If the
152.Fl a
153option is also present, multicast addresses currently in use are shown
154for each Ethernet interface and for each IP interface address.
155Multicast addresses are shown on separate lines following the interface
156address with which they are associated.
157.Pp
158If the
159.Fl f Ar address_family
160option (with the
161.Fl s
162option) is present, show per-interface statistics on all interfaces
163for the specified
164.Ar address_family .
165.It Fl l
166With the
167.Fl g
168option, display wider fields for the IPv6 multicast routing table
169.Qq Origin
170and
171.Qq Group
172columns.
173.It Fl M Ar core
174Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core
175instead of the running kernel.
176.It Fl m
177Show statistics recorded by the memory management routines
178(the network manages a private pool of memory buffers).
179.It Fl N Ar system
180Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the running kernel.
181.It Fl n
182Show network addresses as numbers (normally
183.Nm
184interprets addresses and attempts to display them
185symbolically).
186This option may be used with any of the display formats.
187.It Fl p Ar protocol
188Show statistics about
189.Ar protocol ,
190which is either a well-known name for a protocol or an alias for it.
191Some protocol names and aliases are listed in the file
192.Pa /etc/protocols .
193A null response typically means that there are no interesting numbers to
194report.
195The program will complain if
196.Ar protocol
197is unknown or if there is no statistics routine for it.
198.It Fl q
199Only show interfaces that have seen packets (or bytes if
200.Fl b
201is specified)
202.It Fl r
203Show the routing tables.
204If the
205.Fl s
206option is also specified, show routing statistics instead.
207.It Fl s
208Show per-protocol statistics.
209If this option is repeated, counters with a value of zero are suppressed.
210.It Fl t
211With the
212.Fl i
213option, display the current value of the watchdog timer function.
214.It Fl u
215Limit statistics or address control block reports to the
216.Dv AF_UNIX
217address family.
218.It Fl v
219Be verbose.
220Avoids truncation of long addresses.
221.It Fl w Ar wait
222Show network interface statistics at intervals of
223.Ar wait
224seconds.
225.El
226.Pp
227The default display, for active sockets, shows the local
228and remote addresses, send and receive queue sizes (in bytes), protocol,
229and the internal state of the protocol.
230.Pp
231Address formats are of the form
232.Dq host.port
233or
234.Dq network.port
235if a socket's address specifies a network but no specific host address.
236When known, the host and network addresses are displayed symbolically
237according to the databases
238.Pa /etc/hosts
239and
240.Pa /etc/networks ,
241respectively.
242If a symbolic name for an address is unknown, or if the
243.Fl n
244option is specified, the address is printed numerically, according
245to the address family.
246.Pp
247For more information regarding the Internet
248.Dq dot format ,
249refer to
250.Xr inet 3 .
251Unspecified, or
252.Dq wildcard
253addresses and ports appear as a single
254.Dq \&* .
255If a local port number is registered as being in use for RPC by
256.Xr portmap 8 ,
257its RPC service name or RPC service number will be printed in
258.Dq []
259immediately after the port number.
260.Pp
261The interface display provides a table of cumulative
262statistics regarding packets transferred, errors, and collisions.
263The network addresses of the interface
264and the maximum transmission unit (MTU) are also displayed.
265.Pp
266The routing table display indicates the available routes and their status.
267Each route consists of a destination host or network and
268a gateway to use in forwarding packets.
269If the destination is a
270network in numeric format, the netmask (in /24 style format) is appended.
271The flags field shows a collection of information about
272the route stored as binary choices.
273The individual flags are discussed in more detail in the
274.Xr route 8
275and
276.Xr route 4
277manual pages.
278.Pp
279The mapping between letters and flags is:
280.Bl -column XXXX RTF_BLACKHOLE
2811	RTF_PROTO1	Protocol specific routing flag #1.
2822	RTF_PROTO2	Protocol specific routing flag #2.
2833	RTF_PROTO3	Protocol specific routing flag #3.
284B	RTF_BLACKHOLE	Just discard pkts (during updates).
285C	RTF_CLONING	Generate new routes on use.
286D	RTF_DYNAMIC	Created dynamically (by redirect).
287G	RTF_GATEWAY	Destination requires forwarding by intermediary.
288H	RTF_HOST	Host entry (net otherwise).
289L	RTF_LLINFO	Valid protocol to link address translation.
290M	RTF_MODIFIED	Modified dynamically (by redirect).
291R	RTF_REJECT	Host or net unreachable.
292S	RTF_STATIC	Manually added.
293U	RTF_UP	Route usable.
294X	RTF_XRESOLVE	External daemon translates proto to link address.
295.El
296.Pp
297Direct routes are created for each interface attached to the local host;
298the gateway field for such entries shows the address of the outgoing interface.
299The refcnt field gives the current number of active uses of the route.
300Connection oriented protocols normally hold on to a single route for the
301duration of a connection while connectionless protocols obtain a route while
302sending to the same destination.
303The use field provides a count of the number of packets sent using that route.
304The MTU entry shows the MTU associated with that route.
305This MTU value is used as the basis for the TCP maximum segment size (MSS).
306The 'L' flag appended to the mtu value indicates that the value is
307locked, and that path mtu discovery is turned off for that route.
308A
309.Sq -
310indicates that the MTU for this route has not been set, and a default
311TCP maximum segment size will be used.
312The interface entry indicates the network interface utilized for the route.
313.Pp
314When
315.Nm
316is invoked with the
317.Fl w
318option and a
319.Ar wait
320interval argument, it displays a running count of statistics related to
321network interfaces.
322An obsolescent version of this option used a numeric parameter
323with no option, and is currently supported for backward compatibility.
324This display consists of a column for the primary interface (the first
325interface found during autoconfiguration) and a column summarizing
326information for all interfaces.
327The primary interface may be replaced with another interface with the
328.Fl I
329option.
330The first line of each screen of information contains a summary since the
331system was last rebooted.
332Subsequent lines of output show values accumulated over the preceding interval.
333.Sh SEE ALSO
334.Xr nfsstat 1 ,
335.Xr ps 1 ,
336.Xr netintro 4 ,
337.Xr hosts 5 ,
338.Xr networks 5 ,
339.Xr protocols 5 ,
340.Xr services 5 ,
341.Xr iostat 8 ,
342.Xr trpt 8 ,
343.Xr vmstat 8
344.Sh HISTORY
345The
346.Nm
347command appeared in
348.Bx 4.2 .
349IPv6 support was added by WIDE/KAME project.
350.Sh BUGS
351The notion of errors is ill-defined.
352