Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 08:02:11 -0500 From: "Kenzo" <kenzo_chin@hotmail.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Fw: FreeBSD tool for network bandwidthmeasure ? Message-ID: <Sea1-DAV21sGOkevWWG00014b01@hotmail.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenzo" <kenzo_chin@hotmail.com> To: "Jez Hancock" <jez.hancock@munk.nu> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 8:01 AM Subject: Re: FreeBSD tool for network bandwidthmeasure ? > I'll have to say, MRTG and Ntop. > MRTG will give you an idea of network traffic and Ntop will monitor who is > creating all the traffic. > > /usr/ports/net/mrtg > /usr/ports/net/ntop > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jez Hancock" <jez.hancock@munk.nu> > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 5:30 AM > Subject: Re: FreeBSD tool for network bandwidthmeasure ? > > > > On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 10:34:20PM -0700, dt wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Is there any standard (or non) FreeBSD tool that is used to measure a > > > current network throughput/bandwidth? And also, what are the > > > requirements to do so, and do I need to be root to run, or do I need to > > > load a special kernel module? > > trafshow displays network throughput in an ncurses frontend in a > > console. I don't think there are any special requirements for trafshow > > - perhaps you need to have the bpf option enabled in the kernel (which > > it is by default?). Install it and try it it's in the ports under > > /usr/ports/net/trafshow. > > > > ipfw can count network traffic using different rules, so for example you > > could count all traffic bound for a certain address or interface using > > something like: > > > > ipfw add count all from any to 192.168.0.1 80 > > > > ipfw can also (very usefully) count traffic on a per uid basis. > > > > ipfw does have to be enabled in the kernel though. See the handbook for > > more info on this. > > > > -- > > Jez > > > > http://www.munk.nu/ > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >
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