From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 25 17:13: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9912237B403 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:12:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF67F2B693; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 02:12:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 747278B0; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 10:12:47 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 10:12:47 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis To: The Psychotic Viper Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: check bandwidth traffic Message-ID: <20011026101247.L552@k7.mavetju.org> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , The Psychotic Viper , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20011026063813.J552@k7.mavetju.org> <20011026010456.G36042-100000@lucifer.fuzion.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011026010456.G36042-100000@lucifer.fuzion.ath.cx>; from psyv@sec-it.net on Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 01:08:02AM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 01:08:02AM +0200, The Psychotic Viper wrote: > On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > > > I know the the following software can check the > > > network traffic > > > http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/ > > > > > > but how do I know the nearest cisco router? > > It's your default gateway (if it is a Cisco I can't tell, but it's > > the nearest router). netstat -r will tell you what it is. > Not always, he could be behind a NAT or Bridge and that would then be his > route in some/most cases (all if its a NAT). Best would be to traceroute It would still be his nearest router. A router is a network device which routes IP packets, wether or not this is a dedicated Cisco router, a dedicated Bay router, a dedicated DEC router or a unix box which also routes. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message