On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:20:13 +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: >> Is there a tool to measure network traffic? I am using ifstat but its >> reporting wrong statistics. I am trying to get something similar to >> >> eth0 , 16Mb/sec >> eth1, 10Mb/sec >> >> etc.. >> >> I need something simple :-) > > I needed something like that, and I finally ended up writing a small > python script (see attachment) that reads from > /sys/class/net/<iface>/statistics and computes the rates.
There is a Debian package doing exactly that, called, ethstats - script that quickly measures network device throughput. It reports Mb/s In, Mb/s Out and even p/s In & p/s Out. You can filter the output or change the Perl code directly. Ref: Network Bandwidth Monitoring http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/nix/conn/general/conn09-NetworkBandwidthMonitoring/single/index.htm HTH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
