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From: covici@××××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] current network traffic rate, in real time (in console)?
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:50:34
Message-Id: 12736.1278596999@ccs.covici.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] current network traffic rate, in real time (in console)? by Kyle Bader
1 Kyle Bader <kyle.bader@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > Iotop is for io and the kernel support is through netlink. Aside
4 >
5 > On 7/7/10, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
6 > > Jarry <mr.jarry <at> gmail.com> writes:
7 > >
8 > >
9 > >> I would like to see in console current network transfer rate
10 > >> for given interface, similar as I can see cpu-loading in [%]
11 > >> with "top" command.
12 > >
13 > > iotop is very cool, but requires some accounting support
14 > > to be set in the kernel.......
15 > >
16 > > hth,
17 > > James
18 > >
19 > >
20 > >
21 > >
22 > >
23 >
24
25 vnstat does this as well.
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28 Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
29 How do
30 you spend it?
31
32 John Covici
33 covici@××××××××××.com