From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 18 5: 5:45 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 05:05:43 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bryden.apana.org.au (bryden.apana.org.au [203.3.126.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C06B37B400 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 05:05:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from roadrunner (roadrunner.apana.org.au [203.3.126.132]) by bryden.apana.org.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA46558 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 23:11:38 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dougy@bryden.apana.org.au) Message-ID: <00ff01c068f4$9a2b1ec0$847e03cb@apana.org.au> From: "Doug Young" To: Subject: network monitoring utility Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 23:15:28 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00FA_01C06948.69302AA0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00FA_01C06948.69302AA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Can anyone suggest a network monitoring utility along the lines of ntop that is properly sorted out. In theory at least, ntop should be a good = thing, unfortunately its doesn't appear to be sufficiently debugged to be = usable.=20 Apparently the port for ntop is a geriatric one that is reported to have = major=20 problems with resource usage, & the later versions are only alpha style = things=20 best left to ardent hackers. I did download mrtg & attempted to configure it but I couldn't get = anywhere with the configuration instructions. From what examples I've = seen, the html interface / information provided by mrtg is inferior to = that of ntop anyway ... at least for my=20 purposes. ------=_NextPart_000_00FA_01C06948.69302AA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Can anyone suggest a network monitoring = utility=20 along the lines of ntop
that is properly sorted out. In theory = at least,=20 ntop should be a good thing,
unfortunately its doesn't appear to be = sufficiently=20 debugged to be usable.
 
Apparently the port for ntop is a = geriatric one=20 that is reported to have major =
problems with resource usage, & the = later=20 versions are only alpha style = things=20
best left to ardent = hackers.
 
I did download mrtg & attempted to = configure it=20 but I couldn't get anywhere with the configuration instructions. From = what=20 examples I've seen, the html interface / information provided = by mrtg=20 is inferior to that of ntop anyway ... at least for my
purposes.
 
 
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