topic Re: Reset Interface Counters in Firewall and Security Management

Reset Interface Counters

Simon_Macpherso — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 23:19:55 GMT

Hello,

Is there a way to reset interface counters without rebooting the gateway or unloading/reloading the NIC device driver?

The document sk61500 outlined a procedure but no longer exists publicly, though I recall a step outlined in this SK included reloading the NIC device driver.

We have a requirement to perform a counter reset but need to avoid any outage.

Regards,

Simon

Re: Reset Interface Counters

the_rock — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 00:31:09 GMT

SK has been deleted, correct.

Andy

Maybe see below.

https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Security-Gateways/reset-interface-counter-without-interrupt/td-p/95344

Re: Reset Interface Counters

the_rock — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 00:32:15 GMT

This also works, done it before.

Andy

https://serverfault.com/questions/23687/how-do-i-clear-the-interface-stats-on-linux

Re: Reset Interface Counters

Timothy_Hall — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 12:48:53 GMT

You don't need to completely unload the driver which will cause an outage on all interfaces using that driver type, you can use ifdown/ifup from expert mode for an individual interface. See this page from my Gateway Performance Optimization Course: