From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 5 06:02:13 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 607DD37B401 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 06:02:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (sea1-dav21.sea1.hotmail.com [207.68.162.125]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D078743FA3 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 06:02:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kenzo_chin@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 06:02:12 -0700 Received: from 209.187.233.158 by sea1-dav21.sea1.hotmail.com with DAV; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 13:02:12 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [209.187.233.158] X-Originating-Email: [kenzo_chin@hotmail.com] From: "Kenzo" To: Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 08:02:11 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Aug 2003 13:02:12.0660 (UTC) FILETIME=[C970D740:01C35B51] Subject: Fw: FreeBSD tool for network bandwidthmeasure ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 13:02:13 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenzo" To: "Jez Hancock" 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" > To: > 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" > > >