It is also solved in more recent version of netstat / net-tools, for
example the git version. See below.
So why not upgrade to a more recent net-tools in Ubuntu? Can the
maintainers take care of that?
Git-version:
sander@HPtje:~/git/net-tools$ ./netstat -s | grep -i octet
InOctets: 8916276097
OutOctets: 1457306418
InMcastOctets: 34823
OutMcastOctets: 33223
InBcastOctets: 656
sander@HPtje:~/git/net-tools$
sander@HPtje:~/git/net-tools$ ./netstat --version
net-tools 2.10-alpha
Fred Baumgarten, Alan Cox, Bernd Eckenfels, Phil Blundell, Tuan Hoang, Brian
Micek and others
+NEW_ADDRT +RTF_IRTT +RTF_REJECT +FW_MASQUERADE +I18N
AF: (inet) +UNIX +INET +INET6 +IPX +AX25 +NETROM +X25 +ATALK +ECONET +ROSE
-BLUETOOTH
HW: +ETHER +ARC +SLIP +PPP +TUNNEL -TR +AX25 +NETROM +X25 +FR +ROSE +ASH +SIT
+FDDI +HIPPI +HDLC/LAPB +EUI64
sander@HPtje:~/git/net-tools$
In Ubuntu's version of netstat, there is the 31-bit overflow error:
sander@HPtje:~$ netstat -s | grep -i octet
InOctets: -1
OutOctets: 1456778102
InMcastOctets: 34396
OutMcastOctets: 32852
InBcastOctets: 656
sander@HPtje:~$
sander@HPtje:~$ netstat --version
net-tools 1.60
netstat 1.42 (2001-04-15)
Fred Baumgarten, Alan Cox, Bernd Eckenfels, Phil Blundell, Tuan Hoang and others
+NEW_ADDRT +RTF_IRTT +RTF_REJECT +FW_MASQUERADE +I18N
AF: (inet) +UNIX +INET +INET6 +IPX +AX25 +NETROM +X25 +ATALK +ECONET +ROSE
HW: +ETHER +ARC +SLIP +PPP +TUNNEL -TR +AX25 +NETROM +X25 +FR +ROSE +ASH +SIT
+FDDI +HIPPI +HDLC/LAPB +EUI64
sander@HPtje:~$
sander@HPtje:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu Saucy Salamander (development branch)
Release: 13.10
Codename: saucy
sander@HPtje:~$
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