Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:38:23 -0700 From: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com> To: Chris <chris@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: network tools Message-ID: <4318F07F.5090509@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4318D9E4.1000808@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> References: <4318D9E4.1000808@childeric.freeserve.co.uk>
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Chris wrote: > Hi <snip> > If I put a FreeBSD NAT/router box between the cable modem and the LAN > what console based tools should I put on it to examine what's happening? > > I would very much appreciate any help as this is becoming a bit of an > issue here. > > fwiw FreeBSD box.13dog.org 5.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE #0: Sun Aug > 21 17:46:54 BST 2005. If you must have a console app, you might want to try ngrep, but I'm not terribly familiar with it. I really recommend bringing your box up to 5-Stable, cvsup your ports tree, and install ntop-3.1_1. It has its own web server - doesn't depend on Apache - and you'll find lots of information there, including graphs for total bandwidth used over the last hour with 5 minute resolution, top 3 talkers for the same period, same for last 24 hours with 1/2 hour resolution, and lots more. Well worth the investment of time. Kurt
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