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> Statistical breakdowns contain two facilities that break
down traffic counts by either packet size or TCP/UDP port.</P
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> The packet size breakdown facility used to be incorporated
into the detailed interface statistics. It has since been moved
to its own facility. It is entered
by selecting <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>Statistical Breakdowns/By packet size</I
>.</P
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> The packet size breakdown takes the interface's Maximum Transmission
Unit (MTU) size and divides it into 20 brackets, each bracket
containing a range of sizes. As a packet is captured, its size
is determined and the appropriate bracket is incremented.</P
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> This facility provides an idea as to the packet sizes passing over
your network, and can aid in network (re)design decisions.</P
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>Figure 1. The packet size statistical breakdown</B
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> If logging is enabled, copies of the statistics are written at regular
intervals to a log file. The default log file name
is
<TT
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>packet_size-<TT
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><I
>iface</I
></TT
>.log</TT
> where
<TT
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>iface</I
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is the selected interface for this session (for example,
<TT
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>packet_size-eth0.log</TT
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>IPTraf's filters do not affect this facility.</P
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> The packet size breakdown can also be invoked straight
from the command line by specifying the <TT
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>-z</TT
> iface
parameter. The interface parameter is required. For example,
this command runs the facility on interface <TT
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>eth0</TT
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