Tool of the Day: IPTraf
IPTraf is a console-based network statistics utility for Linux.
It gathers a variety of figures such as TCP connection packet
and byte counts, interface statistics and activity indicators,
TCP/UDP traffic breakdowns, and LAN station packet and byte
counts.
Features:
? An IP traffic monitor that shows information on the IP traffic passing
over your network. Includes TCP flag information, packet and byte
counts, ICMP details, OSPF packet types.
? General and detailed interface statistics showing IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP,
non-IP and other IP packet counts, IP checksum errors, interface
activity, packet size counts.
? A TCP and UDP service monitor showing counts of incoming and
outgoing packets for common TCP and UDP application ports
? A LAN statistics module that discovers active hosts and shows statistics
showing the data activity on them
? TCP, UDP, and other protocol display filters, allowing you to view only
traffic you're interested in.
? Logging
? Supports Ethernet, FDDI, ISDN, SLIP, PPP, and loopback interface types.
? Utilizes the built-in raw socket interface of the Linux kernel, allowing
it to
be used over a wide range of supported network cards.
? Full-screen, menu-driven operation.
Home page: http://iptraf.seul.org/index.html
for binary package and other information:
http://pkgs.org/search/?keyword=iptraf
screen shot: http://iptraf.seul.org/shots.html
regards,
dhanasekar
