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48 lines
1.7 KiB
Groff
48 lines
1.7 KiB
Groff
.TH "ATHSTATS" "8" "February 2006" "" ""
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.SH "NAME"
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\fBathstats\fP \- simple tool to inspect and monitor network traffic statistics
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.B athstats
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.I "[\-i device] [interval]"
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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Provide statistics about a madwifi device. Without any arguments,
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\fBathstats\fP will print a summary of statistical elements for the specified
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device (defaults to wifi0 when no device is given). If an additional argument
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is given as an integer, athstats will print progressive statistical data at an
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interval equal to the integer in seconds.
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.PP
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Statistical elements of the summary report include packets sent/received, tx/rx
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errors, calibration information and antenna profile data.
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.PP
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The progressive report elements include packet input/output as well as altrate,
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short, long, xretry, crcerr, crypt, phyerror packet count, rssi and rate data.
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.PP
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The statistical data is derived from device ioctls and /proc/net/dev. For
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further understanding of how the statistical information is collected and what
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it represents, please refer to the \fBathstats\fP source code
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(tools/athstats.c).
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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.TP
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.B \-i device
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The madwifi device to apply the settings to. If no device is specified,
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\fBathstats\fP defaults to wifi0.
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.TP
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.B interval
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Define the interval between realtime statistical feedback in seconds.
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.PP
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
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.TP
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.B athstats
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Print summary of statistics for wifi0.
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.TP
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.B athstats 1
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Update a progressive statistical report every 1 second for wifi0.
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.TP
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.B athstats \-i wifi1 5
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Update a progressive statistical report every 5 seconds for wifi1.
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.PP
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fB80211stats\fP(8)
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.SH "AUTHOR"
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This manual page was written by Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>.
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