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Old 06-28-2001, 04:44 AM   #1
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Bandwidth Meter


When using linux as a router, is there any software tool that enables me to capture the Internet link bandwidth at various times in a day for the overall network to verify the Internet link speed?
 
Old 06-29-2001, 04:16 PM   #2
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even if I don't have a straight answer I have 2 suggestions :
- Network traffic monitoring tools like NetXRay would do the job. I don't know if there is a Linux version of this particular tool, but you can run it from any Client Station to monitor your network activity.
- Most hardware routers (ie DSL routers) come with administration tools that allow you to monitor used BW. That might do the job too.

JC
 
Old 06-30-2001, 04:34 PM   #3
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www.mrtg.org
 
Old 06-30-2001, 04:54 PM   #4
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I really like cricket.

http://cricket.sourceforge.net/
 
Old 10-31-2002, 09:32 AM   #5
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Post Bandwidth monitoring vs. MRTG

I have the same issue. I run MRTG, but it updates every minute or so, and what I really want is more of an instantaneous reading of my outgoing bandwidth. Just a command-line reading would be sufficient, so I can see how much my FTP server is hogging.

I've tried intop (comes with ntop, uses the ntop sniffing engine), but it doesn't really tell me what I need to know, it can only tell me maximum throughput and packets sent.

I fail to see how there can't be a little utility for Linux that will show me what I want to see... There is DU Meter in Windows, or even the built in XP network performance graph...

I don't want a graph, though, just a simple k/sec reading. Does anyone have a solution for me?
 
Old 10-31-2002, 09:58 AM   #6
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I use RRDBrowse. It's based on RRD and it can update loads of interfaces/services or whatever. Take a look at http://home.support.nl/~tommy/rrdrowse

BTW, you do need a SNMP daemon installed.
 
Old 02-13-2004, 07:25 PM   #7
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Try typing iptraf as root in a terminal. It's included with slackware9.1 and is very handy.
 
Old 02-15-2004, 07:24 AM   #8
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Try typing iptraf as root in a terminal. It's included with slackware9.1 and is very handy.
Woah, thats really handy mate! Cheers
 
Old 06-15-2004, 10:19 AM   #9
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Real time bandwidth monitor

I am currently using MRTG to graph the traffic going through my router but I am looking for a program that will show me SNMP statistics in realtime. Does such a program exist?
 
  


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