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NAME

       pppstats - print PPP statistics

SYNOPSIS

       pppstats  [  -a  ]  [ -v ] [ -r ] [ -z ] [ -c <count> ] [ -w <secs> ] [
       interface ]

DESCRIPTION

       The  pppstats  utility  reports  PPP-related  statistics   at   regular
       intervals  for  the  specified  PPP  interface.   If  the  interface is
       unspecified,  it  will  default  to  ppp0.   The   display   is   split
       horizontally  into  input  and  output  sections  containing columns of
       statistics describing the properties and volume of packets received and
       transmitted by the interface.

       The options are as follows:

       -a     Display  absolute  values rather than deltas.  With this option,
              all reports show statistics for the  time  since  the  link  was
              initiated.   Without  this  option,  the  second  and subsequent
              reports show statistics for the time since the last report.

       -c count
              Repeat  the  display  count  times.   If  this  option  is   not
              specified, the default repeat count is 1 if the -w option is not
              specified, otherwise infinity.

       -r     Display additional statistics summarizing the compression  ratio
              achieved by the packet compression algorithm in use.

       -v     Display additional statistics relating to the performance of the
              Van Jacobson TCP header compression algorithm.

       -w wait
              Pause wait seconds between each display.  If this option is  not
              specified, the default interval is 5 seconds.

       -z     Instead  of the standard display, show statistics indicating the
              performance of the packet compression algorithm in use.

       The following fields are printed on the input side when the  -z  option
       is not used:

       IN     The total number of bytes received by this interface.

       PACK   The total number of packets received by this interface.

       VJCOMP The  number  of  header-compressed  TCP packets received by this
              interface.

       VJUNC  The number of header-uncompressed TCP packets received  by  this
              interface.  Not reported when the -r option is specified.

       VJERR  The  number  of corrupted or bogus header-compressed TCP packets
              received by this interface.  Not reported when the -r option  is
              specified.

       VJTOSS The  number  of  VJ  header-compressed  TCP  packets  dropped on
              reception by this interface because of preceding  errors.   Only
              reported when the -v option is specified.

       NON-VJ The  total number of non-TCP packets received by this interface.
              Only reported when the -v option is specified.

       RATIO  The compression ratio  achieved  for  received  packets  by  the
              packet  compression  scheme  in use, defined as the uncompressed
              size divided by the compressed size.  Only reported when the  -r
              option is specified.

       UBYTE  The  total  number  of  bytes  received,  after decompression of
              compressed  packets.   Only  reported  when  the  -r  option  is
              specified.

       The following fields are printed on the output side:

       OUT    The total number of bytes transmitted from this interface.

       PACK   The total number of packets transmitted from this interface.

       VJCOMP The  number  of TCP packets transmitted from this interface with
              VJ-compressed TCP headers.

       VJUNC  The number of TCP packets transmitted from this  interface  with
              VJ-uncompressed TCP headers.  Not reported when the -r option is
              specified.

       NON-VJ The total  number  of  non-TCP  packets  transmitted  from  this
              interface.  Not reported when the -r option is specified.

       VJSRCH The  number  of  searches  for  the cached header entry for a VJ
              header compressed TCP packet.  Only reported when the -v  option
              is specified.

       VJMISS The  number of failed searches for the cached header entry for a
              VJ header compressed TCP packet.   Only  reported  when  the  -v
              option is specified.

       RATIO  The  compression  ratio  achieved for transmitted packets by the
              packet compression scheme in use, defined  as  the  size  before
              compression  divided by the compressed size.  Only reported when
              the -r option is specified.

       UBYTE  The total number of  bytes  to  be  transmitted,  before  packet
              compression  is  applied.   Only  reported when the -r option is
              specified.

       When the -z option is specified, instead displays the following fields,
       relating  to  the  packet  compression  algorithm currently in use.  If
       packet compression is not in use, these fields will all display zeroes.
       The fields displayed on the input side are:

       COMPRESSED BYTE
              The number of bytes of compressed packets received.

       COMPRESSED PACK
              The number of compressed packets received.

       INCOMPRESSIBLE BYTE
              The  number  of  bytes of incompressible packets (that is, those
              which were transmitted in uncompressed form) received.

       INCOMPRESSIBLE PACK
              The number of incompressible packets received.

       COMP RATIO
              The recent compression ratio for incoming  packets,  defined  as
              the  uncompressed size divided by the compressed size (including
              both compressible and incompressible packets).

       The fields displayed on the output side are:

       COMPRESSED BYTE
              The number of bytes of compressed packets transmitted.

       COMPRESSED PACK
              The number of compressed packets transmitted.

       INCOMPRESSIBLE BYTE
              The number of bytes of incompressible packets transmitted  (that
              is, those which were transmitted in uncompressed form).

       INCOMPRESSIBLE PACK
              The number of incompressible packets transmitted.

       COMP RATIO
              The recent compression ratio for outgoing packets.

SEE ALSO

       pppd(8)

                                 26 June 1995