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==== What does the question mark on packets/bytes counters mean? ==== | ==== What does the question mark on packets/bytes counters mean? ==== | ||
The Allegro Network Multimeter stores historical traffic data in | The Allegro Network Multimeter stores historical traffic data in different time resolutions depending on the age of the data. | ||
different time resolutions depending on the age of the data. | |||
When zooming into a specific time window, packet and byte counters are | When zooming into a specific time window, packet and byte counters are shown for this specific time interval only. Since the time resolution available internally might be coarser than the selected zoom level, the shown packet and byte values might not exactly represent the time interval. | ||
shown for this specific time interval only. Since the time resolution | |||
available internally might be coarser than the selected zoom level, | |||
the shown packet and byte values might not exactly represent the time | |||
interval. | |||
If this is the case, the actual interval time is shown in square | If this is the case, the actual interval time is shown in square brackets (for example [120s]). This means that the value represents the time in seconds between the first and last data point used to calculate the displayed value. | ||
brackets (for example [120s]). This means that the value represents | |||
the time between the | |||
This value is shown to avoid confusion about unexpected values due to | (In firmware versions less than 3.1, the value represented the time between the end of the selected interval (the right end of the graph) and the first data point.) | ||
interactive graph zooming. | |||
This value is shown to avoid confusion about unexpected values due to interactive graph zooming. | |||
==== How can I print statistics? ==== | ==== How can I print statistics? ==== | ||