From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JVnhK-0002YX-4e for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:53:46 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7F718E04BE; Sun, 2 Mar 2008 12:53:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from venus.eclipse.kcom.com (venus.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.60]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3919AE04BE for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2008 12:53:44 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,434,1199664000"; d="scan'208";a="250842379" Received: from compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org ([213.152.39.90]) by venus.eclipse.kcom.com with ESMTP; 02 Mar 2008 12:53:43 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.71] (funf.stroller.uk.eu.org [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D0CEF37CC for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2008 12:53:40 +0000 (GMT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <200803012256.20147.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> References: <47C84042.4010301@shic.co.uk> <200803010324.28538.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <47C98353.2070509@mykitchentable.net> <200803012256.20147.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <4FD31ADD-E11A-4086-81FB-9A434B77709E@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Stroller Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [Probably off-topic] How do I find out what is consuming the bandwidth? Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 12:53:40 +0000 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Archives-Salt: 6723a1d3-6e0d-43a9-beb3-953fb9c5c249 X-Archives-Hash: 14bfa8917d6183e69ae0207508597960 On 1 Mar 2008, at 20:56, Alan McKinnon wrote: > ... > There's one other way that I just remembered (for future > reference). You > don't *have* to use a linux machine as a gateway if you have a decent > managed switch - set it to route all traffic on all ports out through > the port that a monitoring machine is connected to. In other words, > that one part acts like a hub. Now that the monitoring machine can see > every bit on the entire Ethernet, it can count 'em :-) > > However, these switches cost a fortune and I very much doubt that the > el-cheapo ADSL routers on the market have this feature. Both of mine > certainly don't. FYI: these are actually really cheap secondhand on eBay, if you're happy with 10/100, or 10/100 with 2 x gigabit ports. Stroller. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list