[ILUG] Amount of data transferred over a network interface

[Hunt, Bryan]

You should try a really good program called ntop available from ntop.org if
I remember correctly

--Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Vincent Cunniffe [mailto:vincent at cunniffe.net]
Sent: 19 December 2001 10:05
To: Irish Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [ILUG] Amount of data transferred over a network interface


Niall O Broin wrote:

> Is there any way of telling the amount of data transferred over a network
> interface ? From ifconfig I can get the number of RX and TX packets and a
> simple (RX + TX) X MTU gives me an upper bound (which, come to think of
it,
> will be close enough) but I suspect that somewhere in /proc I could find
> this. I've looked but haven't found anything. In fact, I've often wondered
> if there is a comprehensive document anywhere which describes everything
> which can be accessed through /proc - is there ?


Redhat 7.2 default ifconfig shows both packets and absolute byte count
for all interfaces, if that's any help.

Presumably some upgrades to kernel and userland tools would accomplish
the same.

Regards,

Vin


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