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Date:      Thu, 26 Aug 2004 16:35:52 -0600
From:      Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz>
To:        Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Tracking data transfer?
Message-ID:  <20040826223552.GF3767@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub>
In-Reply-To: <b2807d04040826033270deaf4b@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <4919716902316653055@unknownmsgid> <b2807d04040826033270deaf4b@mail.gmail.com>

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On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 04:02:24PM +0530, Subhro wrote:
> > > Could anyone suggest me a port which will allow me to keep a watch on=
 the
> > > net data transfer that had occured through a particular IP that is
> > > associated with the NIC of my box?
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > S.
> >
> >=20
> > Check trafshow. You can also use tcpdump for more detiled info or mrtg =
for
> > summary info :)
> >=20
>
> I meant a watch on the total data transferred through or from the IP
> in questions, not the packets which are transferred via that IP.
>=20
> Regards
> S.

trafshow gives some summary stats at the bottom of the screen, such as
total bytes, bytes/s, and total packets.  you can pass expressions to
trafshow such as "host 10.0.1.1" - the same expression syntax as that of
tcpdump, I believe.

Nathan
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