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34.Dd April 18, 1994
35.Dt NETSTAT 1
36.Os BSD 4.2
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm netstat
39.Nd show network status
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm netstat
42.Op Fl Aan
43.Op Fl f Ar address_family
44.Op Fl M Ar core
45.Op Fl N Ar system
46.Nm netstat
47.Op Fl bdghimnrs
48.Op Fl f Ar address_family
49.Op Fl M Ar core
50.Op Fl N Ar system
51.Nm netstat
52.Op Fl bdn
53.Op Fl I Ar interface
54.Op Fl M Ar core
55.Op Fl N Ar system
56.Op Fl w Ar wait
57.Nm netstat
58.Op Fl p Ar protocol
59.Op Fl M Ar core
60.Op Fl N Ar system
61.Sh DESCRIPTION
62The
63.Nm netstat
64command symbolically displays the contents of various network-related
65data structures.
66There are a number of output formats,
67depending on the options for the information presented.
68The first form of the command displays a list of active sockets for
69each protocol.
70The second form presents the contents of one of the other network
71data structures according to the option selected.
72Using the third form, with a
73.Ar wait
74interval specified,
75.Nm netstat
76will continuously display the information regarding packet
77traffic on the configured network interfaces.
78The fourth form displays statistics about the named protocol.
79.Pp
80The options have the following meaning:
81.Bl -tag -width flag
82.It Fl A
83With the default display,
84show the address of any protocol control blocks associated with sockets; used
85for debugging.
86.It Fl a
87With the default display,
88show the state of all sockets; normally sockets used by
89server processes are not shown.
90.It Fl b
91With the interface display (option
92.Fl i
93, as described below),
94show the number of bytes in and out.
95.It Fl d
96With either interface display (option
97.Fl i
98or an interval, as described below),
99show the number of dropped packets.
100.It Fl f Ar address_family
101Limit statistics or address control block reports to those
102of the specified
103.Ar address family  .
104The following address families
105are recognized:
106.Ar inet  ,
107for
108.Dv AF_INET  ,
109.Ar ipx ,
110for
111.Dv AF_IPX  ,
112.Ar atalk ,
113for
114.Dv AF_APPLETALK (ddp)  ,
115.\".Ar ns ,
116.\"for
117.\".Dv AF_NS  ,
118.\".Ar iso ,
119.\"for
120.\".Dv AF_ISO ,
121and
122.Ar unix  ,
123for
124.Dv AF_UNIX  .
125.It Fl g
126Show information related to multicast (group address) routing.
127By default, show the IP Multicast virtual-interface and routing tables.
128If the
129.Fl s
130option is also present, show multicast routing statistics.
131.It Fl h
132Show the state of the
133.Tn IMP
134host table (obsolete).
135.It Fl I Ar interface
136Show information about the specified interface;
137used with a
138.Ar wait
139interval as described below.
140.It Fl i
141Show the state of interfaces which have been auto-configured
142(interfaces statically configured into a system, but not
143located at boot time are not shown).
144If the
145.Fl a
146options is also present, multicast addresses currently in use are shown
147for each Ethernet interface and for each IP interface address.
148Multicast addresses are shown on separate lines following the interface
149address with which they are associated.
150.It Fl M
151Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core
152instead of the default
153.Pa /dev/kmem .
154.It Fl m
155Show statistics recorded by the memory management routines
156(the network manages a private pool of memory buffers).
157.It Fl N
158Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the default
159.Pa /kernel .
160.It Fl n
161Show network addresses as numbers (normally
162.Nm netstat
163interprets addresses and attempts to display them
164symbolically).
165This option may be used with any of the display formats.
166.It Fl p Ar protocol
167Show statistics about
168.Ar protocol  ,
169which is either a well-known name for a protocol or an alias for it.  Some
170protocol names and aliases are listed in the file
171.Pa /etc/protocols .
172A null response typically means that there are no interesting numbers to
173report.
174The program will complain if
175.Ar protocol
176is unknown or if there is no statistics routine for it.
177.It Fl s
178Show per-protocol statistics.
179If this option is repeated, counters with a value of zero are suppressed.
180.It Fl r
181Show the routing tables.
182When
183.Fl s
184is also present, show routing statistics instead.
185.It Fl w Ar wait
186Show network interface statistics at intervals of
187.Ar wait
188seconds.
189.El
190.Pp
191The default display, for active sockets, shows the local
192and remote addresses, send and receive queue sizes (in bytes), protocol,
193and the internal state of the protocol.
194Address formats are of the form ``host.port'' or ``network.port''
195if a socket's address specifies a network but no specific host address.
196When known the host and network addresses are displayed symbolically
197according to the data bases
198.Pa /etc/hosts
199and
200.Pa /etc/networks ,
201respectively.  If a symbolic name for an address is unknown, or if
202the
203.Fl n
204option is specified, the address is printed numerically, according
205to the address family.
206For more information regarding
207the Internet ``dot format,''
208refer to
209.Xr inet 3 ) .
210Unspecified,
211or ``wildcard'', addresses and ports appear as ``*''.
212.Pp
213The interface display provides a table of cumulative
214statistics regarding packets transferred, errors, and collisions.
215The network addresses of the interface
216and the maximum transmission unit (``mtu'') are also displayed.
217.Pp
218The routing table display indicates the available routes and
219their status.  Each route consists of a destination host or network
220and a gateway to use in forwarding packets.  The flags field shows
221a collection of information about the route stored as
222binary choices.  The individual flags are discussed in more
223detail in the
224.Xr route 8
225and
226.Xr route 4
227manual pages.
228The mapping between letters and flags is:
229.Bl -column XXXX RTF_BLACKHOLE
2301	RTF_PROTO2	Protocol specific routing flag #1
2312	RTF_PROTO1	Protocol specific routing flag #2
2323	RTF_PROTO3	Protocol specific routing flag #3
233B	RTF_BLACKHOLE	Just discard pkts (during updates)
234b	RTF_BROADCAST	The route represents a broadcast address
235C	RTF_CLONING	Generate new routes on use
236c	RTF_PRCLONING	Protocol-specified generate new routes on use
237D	RTF_DYNAMIC	Created dynamically (by redirect)
238G	RTF_GATEWAY	Destination requires forwarding by intermediary
239H	RTF_HOST	Host entry (net otherwise)
240L	RTF_LLINFO	Valid protocol to link address translation
241M	RTF_MODIFIED	Modified dynamically (by redirect)
242R	RTF_REJECT	Host or net unreachable
243S	RTF_STATIC	Manually added
244U	RTF_UP	Route usable
245W	RTF_WASCLONED	Route was generated as a result of cloning
246X	RTF_XRESOLVE	External daemon translates proto to link address
247.El
248.Pp
249Direct routes are created for each
250interface attached to the local host;
251the gateway field for such entries shows the address of the outgoing interface.
252The refcnt field gives the
253current number of active uses of the route.  Connection oriented
254protocols normally hold on to a single route for the duration of
255a connection while connectionless protocols obtain a route while sending
256to the same destination.
257The use field provides a count of the number of packets
258sent using that route.  The interface entry indicates the network
259interface utilized for the route.
260.Pp
261When
262.Nm netstat
263is invoked with the
264.Fl w
265option and a
266.Ar wait
267interval argument, it displays a running count of statistics related to
268network interfaces.
269An obsolescent version of this option used a numeric parameter
270with no option, and is currently supported for backward compatibility.
271By default, this display summarizes information for all interfaces.
272Information for a specific interface may be displayed with the
273.Fl I
274option.
275.Sh SEE ALSO
276.Xr nfsstat 1 ,
277.Xr ps 1 ,
278.Xr hosts 5 ,
279.Xr networks 5 ,
280.Xr protocols 5 ,
281.Xr services 5 ,
282.Xr iostat 8 ,
283.Xr trpt 8 ,
284.Xr trsp 8 ,
285.Xr vmstat 8
286.Sh HISTORY
287The
288.Nm netstat
289command appeared in
290.Bx 4.2 .
291.\" .Sh FILES
292.\" .Bl -tag -width /dev/kmem -compact
293.\" .It Pa /kernel
294.\" default kernel namelist
295.\" .It Pa /dev/kmem
296.\" default memory file
297.\" .El
298.Sh BUGS
299The notion of errors is ill-defined.
300