Network activity monitor

[Jacob Mansfield]

try netspeed
Jacob Mansfield
Programmer



On 29 October 2010 19:27, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:

> Hello Bill,
>
> Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 4:46:45 AM, Bill wrote:
>
> B> On 10/26/2010 6:29 PM, rikona wrote:
> >> B>    On 10/20/2010 5:14 PM, rikona wrote:
> >>>> I'm having some ongoing issues with Comcast. I'd like to be able to
> >>>> monitor network speed/activity [just on one Ubuntu box, not the
> >>>> entire local net] on a continuous, moment-by-moment basis, and a
> >>>> log to remember start/stop times might be nice but not necessary.
> >>>> Graphical, like htop, would be preferred but not essential as long
> >>>> as it is continuous. What is the best tool to do that?
>
> >> B>  If you dont mind playing with snmp look up using mrtg.
>
> >> I was looking for something simpler. My win box has a firewall status
> >> popup that gives instantaneous speed + lots of other net info for that
> >> box. An info display like that would be nice on the UB box too - don't
> >> need the firewall part, though.
> >>
> >> Thanks much for the reply.
> >>
> B> What router are u using?
>
> An old wired Netgear.
>
> B> If your using a Linksys look up www.dd-wrt.com.
>
> My router is not on their list. This agrees with the info I found on
> the web re my router - no snmp.
>
> B> I would suggest anyone using a Linksys change the OS to DD-WRT It
> B> will alow to use snmp plus a hell of allot more. DD-WRT also has
> B> graphs for its interfaces. DD-WRT works on several brands of
> B> routers.
>
> Checked their site. Apparently DD-WRT does not work with wired
> routers.
>
> B> To run MRTG it takes snmp and a web server. That server can be M$ or
> B> Unix. Here is a down and dirty quick guide to the basics of the whole
> B> thing.
> B> http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Multi_Router_Traffic_Grapher
>
> It's interesting, but a bit of overkill for what I need. I was hoping
> for something I could easily put on the UB box, fire it up, and watch
> the speed - something like what I can easily do on a Win box.
>
> As I was looking around for info on this topic, I ran across darkstat,
> which sounds more like the app I was thinking about. I installed it,
> got it running, but so far it is not displaying info for me via a web
> page.
>
> B> I will say that due to MRTG and SNMP I was able to tell that one of
> B> my servers had been hijacked. It showed way to much traffic one
> B> night on its network interface. Seems someone had installed some
> B> script through IRC do they could store a mp3 of some CD. People
> B> were downloading it.
>
> Impressive detective work!! You are clearly beyond my technical
> capabilities...
>
> Thanks again for the info,
>
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