32 bits unsigned. 4294967296 MAX. Chris

-----Original Message----- From: alex@nac.net [mailto:alex@nac.net] Sent: Monday, January 25, 1999 10:47 AM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Byte Counters on Ciscos

I am working on some byte counting stuff, and have a odd question.

I noticed on my of my routers:

2403558863 packets input, 2476827328 bytes

thats:

2,403,558,863 packets input, 2,476,827,328 bytes

which when divided out, comes to 1.03 bytes per packet, which without saying is obviously in error.

So, when does a Cisco counter 'flip' ? How many bits is it?

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