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>>>> > I'm using ifconfig to monitor how much data I'm using, but it seems |
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>>>> > pretty high. Is there a simple way to see why I'm using so much data? |
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>>>> |
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>>>> $ eix ^ntop |
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>>>> [I] net-analyzer/ntop |
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>>>> Available versions: 3.3.9-r2 ~3.3.10-r1 {ipv6 ssl tcpd} |
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>>>> Installed versions: 3.3.9-r2(14:11:46 06/25/09)(ssl tcpd -ipv6) |
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>>>> Homepage: http://www.ntop.org/ntop.html |
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>>>> Description: Network traffic analyzer with web interface |
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>>>> |
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>>>> $ |
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>>> |
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>>> Also iftop and lsof with some clever regex-ing if you want to see what |
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>>> program |
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>>> drives the connection. |
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>> |
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>> nethogs will show active network activity |
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> |
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> Oops, I somehow sent that while composing. I was saying, nethogs will |
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> show active network activity by program, so you can see who is using |
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> network data at that moment, in a top-like fashion. Not a "how much |
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> has it used total", but a "how much is it using right now". Here's an |
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> example: |
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> |
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> NetHogs version 0.7.0 |
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> |
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> PID USER PROGRAM DEV SENT RECEIVED |
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> 29641 root git wlan0 0.929 0.649 |
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> KB/sec |
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> 29620 root /usr/bin/svn wlan0 0.187 0.269 |
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> KB/sec |
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> 29509 paul sshd: paul@pts/1 wlan0 0.883 0.136 |
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> KB/sec |
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> 29612 root git wlan0 0.119 0.131 |
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> KB/sec |
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> 29591 root /usr/bin/python wlan0 0.000 0.000 |
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> KB/sec |
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> 0 root unknown TCP 0.000 0.000 |
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> KB/sec |
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> |
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> TOTAL 2.118 1.185 |
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> KB/sec |
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That's a great tool. I couldn't get it to work with ppp0 until I |
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emerged the ~amd64 version. |
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- Grant |
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