[K12OSN] how to determine bandwidth usage?

Adam Melancon adammelancon at gmail.com
Mon Mar 14 21:32:20 UTC 2005


I don't know if it will do exactly what you need, but I've used iptraf before.
http://iptraf.seul.org/


On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:09:46 -0800, Huck <dhuckaby at paasda.org> wrote:
> Not one to normally answer one's own questions...
> 
> ntop at http://www.ntop.org/  is a juicy little app with a web interface
> that does nifty stuff to report your network traffic and the like!!!
> 
> Just got it installed and running in 10 minutes after returning from
> lunch! *Yay* I wish all apps were this easy to install!
> 
> --Huck
> 
> Huck wrote:
> > Could someone enlighten me as to how to gather information about
> > how much bandwidth is being used by a 'segment' of the network over X
> > amount of time...
> >
> > I have 1 main ltsp lab of 10 machines, and 3 auxilary locations with 3-5
> > machines...and I would like to track bandwidth usage as well as how
> > often those labs are used(i.e. someone is logged in).
> > Yes I know it wouldn't be completely accurate as students often "forget"
> > to logout...
> >
> > I'm trying to get administration to move to Giga-bit throughout the
> > school, and this would help a great deal.
> >
> > Side-note..if it's possible to do the same thing for the MS and Mac labs??
> >
> > --Huck
> >
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