Network Interface counter

Meaning

Bytes Received/Second

The rate at which bytes are received on the interface, including framing characters.

Bytes Sent/Second

The rate at which bytes are sent on the interface, including framing characters.

Bytes Total/Second

The rate at which bytes are sent and received on the interface, including framing characters.

Current Bandwidth

An estimate of the interface's current bandwidth in bits per second (bps). For interfaces that do not vary in bandwidth or for those where no accurate estimation can be made, this value is the nominal bandwidth.

Output Queue Length

The length of the output packet queue (in packets.) If this is longer than 2, delays are being experienced and the bottleneck should be found and eliminated if possible. Since the requests are queued by NDIS in this implementation, this will always be 0.

Packets Outbound Discarded

The number of outbound packets that were chosen to be discarded even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being transmitted. One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space.

Packets Outbound Errors

The number of outbound packets that could not be transmitted because of errors.

Packets Received Discarded

The number of inbound packets that were chosen to be discarded even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol. One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space.

Packets Received Errors

The number of inbound packets that contained errors preventing them from being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol.

Packets Received Non-Unicast/Second

The rate at which non-unicast (that is, subnet broadcast or subnet multicast) packets are delivered to a higher-layer protocol.

Packets Received Unicast/Second

The rate at which (subnet) unicast packets are delivered to a higher-layer protocol.

Packets Received Unknown

The number of packets received via the interface that were discarded because of an unknown or unsupported protocol.

Packets Received/Second

The rate at which packets are received on the network interface.

Packets Sent Non-Unicast/Second

The rate at which packets are requested to be transmitted to non-unicast (that is, subnet broadcast or subnet multicast) addresses by higher-level protocols. The rate includes the packets that were discarded or not sent.

Packets Sent Unicast/Second

The rate at which packets are requested to be transmitted to subnet-unicast addresses by higher-level protocols. The rate includes the packets that were discarded or not sent.

Packets Sent/Second

The rate at which packets are sent on the network interface.

Packets/Second

The rate at which packets are sent and received on the network interface.