Monitor Network Traffic from bash.

bullium · 04-12-2005, 11:10 AM

Is there a program that will let me monitor network traffic from bash? I SSH into my box, I run an FTP server and want to see what kind of bandwidth is being used also what kind of speeds I'm transmitting at. Basically I'm looking for a program like gkrealm that runs from command line itself

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kvedaa · 04-12-2005, 11:21 AM

I would suggest taking a look at 'iperf', I think this might have a good deal of the functioanlity that you are looking for.

http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Iperf/

I hope this helps,

bullium · 04-12-2005, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kvedaa
I would suggest taking a look at 'iperf', I think this might have a good deal of the functioanlity that you are looking for.

http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Iperf/

I hope this helps,

It looks like a nice program, but I'm really not looking for a server client type setup. All I really want to do is monitor the network UL/DL speeds in real time. I'm surprised that I'm the first to request this type of program

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Gibsonist · 04-12-2005, 12:31 PM

try using bmon - could be what you are after

bullium · 04-12-2005, 12:40 PM

Thats just what I was looking for

Thanks...

Gibsonist · 04-12-2005, 12:45 PM

No problem - it is all just the question of finding the right tools.