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Network:getStatistics

Method

 

Purpose

This method (on Mac OS X) returns network performance information in a manner similar to using the netstat command. All statistics are for the lifetime of the system since it was last booted.

Type

Synchronous, IMPACT_INFO.

Arguments

 

Name	Type	Description
Interface Name	String	Name of the network interface

Returns

 

Name	Type	Description
Interface Name	String	Name of the network interface. Table is indexed on Interface Name.
Input Bytes	Long	The number of octets of data received through the interface
Input Packets	Integer	Packets received on the interface, lifetime total
Input Packet Errors	Integer	Packet errors received on the interface, lifetime total
Output Bytes	Long	The number of octets of data sent through this interface
Output Packets	Integer	Packets sent on the interface, lifetime total
Output Packet Errors	Integer	Packet errors sent on the interface, lifetime total
Network Collisions	Integer	Collisions, lifetime total
Framing Errors	Integer	Framing errors, lifetime total
No Carrier Errors	Integer	No carrier errors, lifetime total
% Network Collisions	Double	Rate (percentage) of collisions against total number of output packets, lifetime total

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