Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 08:55:22 +0100 From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net> To: "Peter Brezny" <pbrezny@purplecat.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: real time throughput monitoring per interface Message-ID: <20020316075524.66CB137B405@hub.freebsd.org> References: <NEBBIGLHNDFEJMMIEGOOCEFNEOAA.pbrezny@purplecat.net>
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On Saturday 16 March 2002 8:45 am, Mark Rowlands wrote: > On Thursday 14 March 2002 9:27 pm, Peter Brezny wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm looking for a way to view the current throughput of various > > interfaces in a freebsd router. > > > > are there some flags to tcpdump that will give you the current kb/s > > flowing through an interface? > > > > does ntop do this? > > kind of but I have found ntop to bit a bit flakey under FreeBSD > particularly when monitoring multiple interfaces. > > > are there other better command line tools? > > snmpget ( ok I was kidding) > > gkrellm , while not a commandline tool (requires X) is quite pretty and > very quick to set up and gives you a quick overview of the box. > > multiple instances of intop (the command line version of ntop)? hhmm just checked that.....no can do, one interface at a time :-( > > I haven't gotten around to configuring mrtg to watch the interfaces yet > > and just need something quick, easy and real time. > > mrtg takes, ooohh, around 5 minutes to set up. I just did it yesterday for > around 25 routers and servers. > > cfgmaker ipaddress > config_file > indexmaker config_file > /web/server/index.html > mrtg config_file > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- There are more old drunkards than old doctors. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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