topic FWSM Access-List hit counter in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/fwsm-access-list-hit-counter/m-p/1456833#M638578 <P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>When I do a sh access-list on a FWSM running 4.0(5), some of the ACE show a hitcount of * (hitcnt=*) instead of a number. What does that means?</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:18:15 GMT barney.pause 2019-03-11T18:18:15Z FWSM Access-List hit counter https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/fwsm-access-list-hit-counter/m-p/1456833#M638578 <P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>When I do a sh access-list on a FWSM running 4.0(5), some of the ACE show a hitcount of * (hitcnt=*) instead of a number. What does that means?</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:18:15 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/fwsm-access-list-hit-counter/m-p/1456833#M638578 barney.pause 2019-03-11T18:18:15Z Re: FWSM Access-List hit counter https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/fwsm-access-list-hit-counter/m-p/1456834#M638625 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Barney,</P><P></P><P>You'll see the * when ACL optimization is enabled on the FWSM. The * indicates that the rule was merged with another rule(s) due to the optimization, which would make the hitcount for that specific rule inaccurate on its own.</P><P></P><P>Hope that helps.</P><P></P><P>-Mike</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:31:20 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/fwsm-access-list-hit-counter/m-p/1456834#M638625 mirober2 2010-07-29T15:31:20Z