netstat -i output not tallying with ifconfig -a output

[achak01]

When i run netstat -i , cannot see my ipv4-to ivv6 tunneling interface

Iface MTU Met RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg
eth0 1500 0 315473 0 0 0 8312 0 0 0 BMRU
lo 16436 0 6464 0 0 0 6464 0 0 0 LRU

but when i run ifconfig -a i can see the interface

ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:9C:40:A9
inet addr:15.154.77.149 Bcast:15.154.79.255 Mask:255.255.252.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe9c:40a9/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:316433 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8342 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:25042528 (23.8 MiB) TX bytes:2057968 (1.9 MiB)
Interrupt:177 Base address:0x1424

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:6464 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6464 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3290823 (3.1 MiB) TX bytes:3290823 (3.1 MiB)

sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Can someone tell me why ?

[Lazydog]

That is because in between issuing the commands packets are still being TX and RX.
You want the count to be the same disconnect the cable and run the commands.