IPTraf User's Manual
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# Preparing to Use IPTraf

This chapter provides information applicable to all of IPTraf's statistical monitors.

# Number Display Notations

IPTraf initially returns exact counts of bytes and packets. However, as they grow larger, IPTraf begins displaying them in increasingly higher denominations.

A number standing alone with no suffix represents an exact count. A number with a K following is a kilo (thousand) figure. An M, G, and T suffix represents mega (million), giga (billion), and tera (trillion) respectively. The following table shows examples.

Table 1. Numeric Display Notations

1024067 | exactly 1024067
1024K | approximately 1024000
1024M | approximately 1024000000
1024G | approximately 1024000000000
1024T | approximately 1024000000000000

These notations apply to both packet and byte counts.

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