In file examples/stats/wifi-example-sim.cc:

line 204:
  Config::Connect("/NodeList/0/DeviceList/*/$ns3::WifiNetDevice/Tx",
                  MakeBoundCallback(&TxCallback, totalTx));

line 215:
  Config::Connect("/NodeList/1/DeviceList/*/$ns3::WifiNetDevice/Rx",
                  MakeCallback(&PacketCounterCalculator::FrameUpdate,
                                    totalRx));


The callbacks aren't anymore there. As a result the counted values are zero.

My best solution is to bind those to:
$ns3::WifiNetDevice/Mac/MacTx
and
$ns3::WifiNetDevice/Mac/MacRx
respectively.

Moreover in examples/stats/wifi-example-apps.cc, in the function Receiver::Receive(Ptr<Socket> socket) there is no check if the TimeTag is present or not. Impossible? Not really, there's another bug somewhere, but it will be covered in another ticket.

I'd change the function into this:

void
Receiver::Receive(Ptr<Socket> socket)
{
  // NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << socket << packet << from);

  Ptr<Packet> packet;
  Address from;
  while (packet = socket->RecvFrom(from)) {
    if (InetSocketAddress::IsMatchingType (from)) {
      InetSocketAddress address = InetSocketAddress::ConvertFrom (from);
      NS_LOG_INFO ("Received " << packet->GetSize() << " bytes from " << 
                   address.GetIpv4());
    }

    TimestampTag timestamp;
    if( packet->FindFirstMatchingTag(timestamp) ) {
      Time tx = timestamp.GetTimestamp();
      
      if (m_delay != 0) {
        m_delay->Update(Simulator::Now() - tx);
      }
    }
    else {
      NS_LOG_INFO ("** missing time tag **");
    }
    
    if (m_calc != 0) {
      m_calc->Update();
    }

    // end receiving packets
  }

  // end Receiver::Receive
}