From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 18 16:48:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA09300 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:48:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from kakapo.pinnacle.co.nz (pinsoft.internet.co.nz [202.37.141.181] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA09269 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:48:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@pinnacle.co.nz) Received: from tui.pinnacle.co.nz (tui.pinnacle.co.nz [202.37.163.3]) by kakapo.pinnacle.co.nz (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA07771; Fri, 19 Jun 1998 11:49:38 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc@pinnacle.co.nz) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 11:49:37 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen To: mail account cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: monitoring connections In-Reply-To: <199806182231.RAA00298@mutsgo.kf7nn.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, mail account wrote: > occasionally i see alot of data flying back and forth over the router > and would like to know if there is a way to tell from where are these packets > coming or going to? right now i have to check httpd-access.log and all the > mail accounts to see if there is any new stuff but alot of times i dont see > any new stuff although i do see data flying back and forth. > > things i would like to monitor are > > ftp email web telnet connections There's always tcpdump(1); but you have to recompile your kernel with bpfilter to support this. -- Jonathan Chen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "We laugh in the face of danger, we drop icecubes down the vest of fear" - Edmond Blackadder III To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message