# net.inet.icmp.stats
Plugin: freebsd.plugin
Module: net.inet.icmp.stats
## Overview
Collect information about ICMP traffic.
The plugin calls `sysctl` function to collect necessary data.
This collector is supported on all platforms.
This collector supports collecting metrics from multiple instances of this integration, including remote instances.
### Default Behavior
#### Auto-Detection
This integration doesn't support auto-detection.
#### Limits
The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.
#### Performance Impact
The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.
## Metrics
Metrics grouped by *scope*.
The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.
### Per net.inet.icmp.stats instance
These metrics show ICMP connections statistics.
This scope has no labels.
Metrics:
| Metric | Dimensions | Unit |
|:------|:----------|:----|
| ipv4.icmp | received, sent | packets/s |
| ipv4.icmp_errors | InErrors, OutErrors, InCsumErrors | packets/s |
| ipv4.icmpmsg | InEchoReps, OutEchoReps, InEchos, OutEchos | packets/s |
## Alerts
There are no alerts configured by default for this integration.
## Setup
### Prerequisites
No action required.
### Configuration
#### File
The configuration file name for this integration is `netdata.conf`.
Configuration for this specific integration is located in the `[plugin:freebsd:net.inet.icmp.stats]` section within that file.
The file format is a modified INI syntax. The general structure is:
```ini
[section1]
option1 = some value
option2 = some other value
[section2]
option3 = some third value
```
You can edit the configuration file using the `edit-config` script from the
Netdata [config directory](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/netdata-agent/configuration.md#the-netdata-config-directory).
```bash
cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config netdata.conf
```
#### Options
Config options
| Name | Description | Default | Required |
|:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
| IPv4 ICMP packets | Enable or disable IPv4 ICMP packets metric. | yes | no |
| IPv4 ICMP error | Enable or disable IPv4 ICMP error metric. | yes | no |
| IPv4 ICMP messages | Enable or disable IPv4 ICMP messages metric. | yes | no |