Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 08:45:35 +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: <20020316074537.6F30537B400@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <NEBBIGLHNDFEJMMIEGOOCEFNEOAA.pbrezny@purplecat.net> References: <NEBBIGLHNDFEJMMIEGOOCEFNEOAA.pbrezny@purplecat.net>
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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)? > 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 -- Your talents will be recognized and suitably rewarded. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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