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Old 08-07-2008, 03:26 AM   #1
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How to find what process or user is using my bandwidth???

Hello,

Can someone tell me if there is a way to look up what is using up my bandwidth from the command line in terminal session? Using centOS 5

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Old 08-07-2008, 03:44 AM   #2
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Try "top".

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Old 08-07-2008, 04:02 AM   #3
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Thx, I guess I was asking if there was a way to see what has been eating up my bandwidth in the past. But probably not.
 
Old 08-07-2008, 04:39 AM   #4
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You can monitor bandwidth by host with 'iftop'. You can then reference the IP address with 'netstat -pantu' and see what processes are talking to that address.

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Old 08-07-2008, 05:37 AM   #5
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Oh cool, Thx
 
  


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