# Basic bytes/octets per second

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-bytes-octets-per-second/33272>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** packetbeat\
**Created:** [October 29, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-bytes-octets-per-second/33272 "2015-10-29T15:30:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Chris\_Clifton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Chris\_Clifton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Chris_Clifton)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-bytes-octets-per-second/33272/1 "2015-10-29T15:30:11Z")

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Does packetbeat + elk support showing basic interface stats like pps or bytes/octets rates?

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**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-bytes-octets-per-second/33272/2 "2015-10-30T15:57:55Z")

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Currently not.

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**Author:** ![Chris\_Clifton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Chris\_Clifton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Chris_Clifton)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-bytes-octets-per-second/33272/3 "2015-10-30T17:39:53Z")

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Can this be requested as a feature?

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-bytes-octets-per-second/33272/4 "2015-10-30T20:27:17Z")

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@Chris_Clifton Feel free to open an issue in the packetbeat repo. Even better is opening a pull request.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-bytes-octets-per-second/33272/5 "2017-07-05T21:58:30Z")

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