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Old 03-21-2010, 10:12 AM   #1
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Why None Of These Programs Work On a VPS?

I'm trying to check my server's bandwidth usage in real time, installed the following programs but none worked so far.

Iptraf - No results even when using iptraf -u
Tcptrack - Error : pcap_loop: cooked-mode frame doesn't have room for sll header
Iftop - No results, everything 0b

Are there any programs that displays bandwidth usage in real time and actually works on VPSes? Or getting real time bandwidth usage on a VPS is simply impossible?

Thanks.
 
Old 03-21-2010, 01:44 PM   #2
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That's going to depend on what the interfaces represent themselves
as, I'll guess. Got shell? What's the result of
ifconfig
?
 
Old 03-22-2010, 04:21 AM   #3
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That's going to depend on what the interfaces represent themselves
as, I'll guess. Got shell? What's the result of
ifconfig
?
All the network interfaces are in the format "venet0:X", and below is the output of ifconfig :

Code:
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:1257021 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1257021 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:162489088 (154.9 MiB)  TX bytes:162489088 (154.9 MiB)

venet0    Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  P-t-P:127.0.0.1  Bcast:0.0.0.0  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:25403418 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:36578834 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:11847397000 (11.0 GiB)  TX bytes:44624413717 (41.5 GiB)

venet0:0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          inet addr:67.222.***.***  P-t-P:67.222.***.***  Bcast:67.222.***.***  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1

venet0:1  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          inet addr:67.222.***.***  P-t-P:67.222.***.***  Bcast:67.222.***.***  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1

venet0:2  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          inet addr:67.222.***.***  P-t-P:67.222.***.***  Bcast:67.222.***.***  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1

venet0:3  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          inet addr:67.222.***.***  P-t-P:67.222.***.***  Bcast:67.222.***.***  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1

venet0:4  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          inet addr:67.222.***.***  P-t-P:67.222.***.***  Bcast:67.222.***.***  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1

venet0:5  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          inet addr:67.222.***.***  P-t-P:67.222.***.***  Bcast:67.222.***.***  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1

venet0:6  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          inet addr:67.222.***.***  P-t-P:67.222.***.***  Bcast:67.222.***.***  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
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Old 03-22-2010, 11:23 AM   #4
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So what happens when you try

Code:
iptraf -s venet0
(seeing as it's the one with the most traffic I'll assume it's what
your server talks on the big bad world)?
 
Old 03-22-2010, 12:17 PM   #5
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So what happens when you try

Code:
iptraf -s venet0
(seeing as it's the one with the most traffic I'll assume it's what
your server talks on the big bad world)?
Yeah, It returned the following :

Code:
Specified interface not supported
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Guess there's no other way / workarounds expect getting a *real* dedicated box?
 
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Dunno ... you may look at something like using iptables & the ulog
target to get your totals. Or check whether you can get the other
tools to play with that interface.
 
  


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