[lug] Interface stats getting zeroed

[Stephen Queen]

Is the interface configured dynamically? Could it be caused by a lease
renewal?

Steve

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 12:00 AM, Lee Woodworth <blug-mail at duboulder.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
> On a 3.17.7 kernel, the packet stats for only the
> internet connected interface are intermittently
> getting zeroed. This is well before a possible
> 32-bit counter rollover:
>
> At 12:01PM:
>
> RX packets 3952530  bytes 298884644 (285.0 MiB)
> RX errors 0  dropped 371  overruns 0  frame 0
> TX packets 173181  bytes 106932789 (101.9 MiB)
> TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
>
> At 18:01PM:
>
> RX packets 38581  bytes 2532445 (2.4 MiB)
> RX errors 0  dropped 371  overruns 0  frame 0
> TX packets 843  bytes 345803 (337.6 KiB)
> TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
>
> I am not finding anything on the web that would explain
> this. As far as I can tell remotely, the interface
> is not being brought down and restarted.
>
> Anyone have an idea of what might be causing this?
> Like is this the result of a known attack?
>
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