Connection Monitor

Andy@DP · 08-20-2003, 04:27 AM

I'm looking for a linux version of Windows connection monitor, the standard one that appears beside the clock when you connect.
I connect to the 'net using ADSL, all connections done at boot.

Does anybody know of package that would do me?

Thanks in advance,
Andy.

kev82 · 08-20-2003, 05:14 AM

if you mean the little computer that lights up blue when there's network traffic then icewm comes with one, i would guess both kde and gnome have one but i dont use either so i dont know.

Andy@DP · 08-20-2003, 06:54 AM

I'd thought about that but I don't know if they will display the status/usage for a connection not setup through them.

I might be totally wrong, I'll check when I get home from work.

andrewlkho · 08-20-2003, 11:51 AM

hm...I'm not entirely sure what you're looking for. If you're looking to monitor network traffic, then you could just watch your switch....or indeed, you could use something like firestarter on a very liberal firewall that will show up whenever there's traffic on the network...[although if you've got a switch rather than a hub, you'll only see network traffic that is intended for you]