[gentoo-user] Monitoring data usage

[gentoo-user] Monitoring data usage

[Grant]

I'm using ifconfig to monitor how much data I'm using, but it seems
pretty high.  Is there a simple way to see why I'm using so much data?

- Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] Monitoring data usage

[Stroller]

On 5 Jul 2009, at 11:33, Grant wrote:

> I'm using ifconfig to monitor how much data I'm using, but it seems
> pretty high.  Is there a simple way to see why I'm using so much data?

$ eix ^ntop
[I] net-analyzer/ntop
      Available versions:  3.3.9-r2 ~3.3.10-r1 {ipv6 ssl tcpd}
      Installed versions:  3.3.9-r2(14:11:46 06/25/09)(ssl tcpd -ipv6)
      Homepage:            http://www.ntop.org/ntop.html
      Description:         Network traffic analyzer with web interface

$ 

Re: [gentoo-user] Monitoring data usage

[Mick]

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On Sunday 05 July 2009, Stroller wrote:
> On 5 Jul 2009, at 11:33, Grant wrote:
> > I'm using ifconfig to monitor how much data I'm using, but it seems
> > pretty high.  Is there a simple way to see why I'm using so much data?
>
> $ eix ^ntop
> [I] net-analyzer/ntop
>       Available versions:  3.3.9-r2 ~3.3.10-r1 {ipv6 ssl tcpd}
>       Installed versions:  3.3.9-r2(14:11:46 06/25/09)(ssl tcpd -ipv6)
>       Homepage:            http://www.ntop.org/ntop.html
>       Description:         Network traffic analyzer with web interface
>
> $

Also iftop and lsof with some clever regex-ing if you want to see what program 
drives the connection.

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Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] Monitoring data usage

[Grant]

>> > I'm using ifconfig to monitor how much data I'm using, but it seems
>> > pretty high.  Is there a simple way to see why I'm using so much data?
>>
>> $ eix ^ntop
>> [I] net-analyzer/ntop
>>       Available versions:  3.3.9-r2 ~3.3.10-r1 {ipv6 ssl tcpd}
>>       Installed versions:  3.3.9-r2(14:11:46 06/25/09)(ssl tcpd -ipv6)
>>       Homepage:            http://www.ntop.org/ntop.html
>>       Description:         Network traffic analyzer with web interface
>>
>> $
>
> Also iftop and lsof with some clever regex-ing if you want to see what
> program
> drives the connection.

Thank you, iftop is great:

iftop -i ppp0 -P

- Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] Monitoring data usage

[Dan Cowsill]

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Grant<emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > I'm using ifconfig to monitor how much data I'm using, but it seems
>>> > pretty high.  Is there a simple way to see why I'm using so much data?
>>>
>>> $ eix ^ntop
>>> [I] net-analyzer/ntop
>>>       Available versions:  3.3.9-r2 ~3.3.10-r1 {ipv6 ssl tcpd}
>>>       Installed versions:  3.3.9-r2(14:11:46 06/25/09)(ssl tcpd -ipv6)
>>>       Homepage:            http://www.ntop.org/ntop.html
>>>       Description:         Network traffic analyzer with web interface
>>>
>>> $
>>
>> Also iftop and lsof with some clever regex-ing if you want to see what
>> program
>> drives the connection.
>
> Thank you, iftop is great:
>
> iftop -i ppp0 -P
>
> - Grant
>
>

I use vnstat.  You can get PHP frontends for vnstat that make it nice
and groovy as well.

Re: [gentoo-user] Monitoring data usage

[Paul Hartman]

On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Mick<michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 05 July 2009, Stroller wrote:
>> On 5 Jul 2009, at 11:33, Grant wrote:
>> > I'm using ifconfig to monitor how much data I'm using, but it seems
>> > pretty high.  Is there a simple way to see why I'm using so much data?
>>
>> $ eix ^ntop
>> [I] net-analyzer/ntop
>>       Available versions:  3.3.9-r2 ~3.3.10-r1 {ipv6 ssl tcpd}
>>       Installed versions:  3.3.9-r2(14:11:46 06/25/09)(ssl tcpd -ipv6)
>>       Homepage:            http://www.ntop.org/ntop.html
>>       Description:         Network traffic analyzer with web interface
>>
>> $
>
> Also iftop and lsof with some clever regex-ing if you want to see what program
> drives the connection.

nethogs will show active network activity

Re: [gentoo-user] Monitoring data usage

[Paul Hartman]

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Paul
Hartman<paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Mick<michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sunday 05 July 2009, Stroller wrote:
>>> On 5 Jul 2009, at 11:33, Grant wrote:
>>> > I'm using ifconfig to monitor how much data I'm using, but it seems
>>> > pretty high.  Is there a simple way to see why I'm using so much data?
>>>
>>> $ eix ^ntop
>>> [I] net-analyzer/ntop
>>>       Available versions:  3.3.9-r2 ~3.3.10-r1 {ipv6 ssl tcpd}
>>>       Installed versions:  3.3.9-r2(14:11:46 06/25/09)(ssl tcpd -ipv6)
>>>       Homepage:            http://www.ntop.org/ntop.html
>>>       Description:         Network traffic analyzer with web interface
>>>
>>> $
>>
>> Also iftop and lsof with some clever regex-ing if you want to see what program
>> drives the connection.
>
> nethogs will show active network activity

Oops, I somehow sent that while composing. I was saying, nethogs will
show active network activity by program, so you can see who is using
network data at that moment, in a top-like fashion. Not a "how much
has it used total", but a "how much is it using right now". Here's an
example:

NetHogs version 0.7.0

  PID USER     PROGRAM                      DEV        SENT      RECEIVED
29641 root     git                          wlan0      0.929       0.649 KB/sec
29620 root     /usr/bin/svn                 wlan0      0.187       0.269 KB/sec
29509 paul     sshd: paul@pts/1             wlan0      0.883       0.136 KB/sec
29612 root     git                          wlan0      0.119       0.131 KB/sec
29591 root     /usr/bin/python              wlan0      0.000       0.000 KB/sec
0     root     unknown TCP                             0.000       0.000 KB/sec

  TOTAL                                                2.118       1.185 KB/sec

Re: [gentoo-user] Monitoring data usage

[Grant]

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

That's a great tool.  I couldn't get it to work with ppp0 until I
emerged the ~amd64 version.

- Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] Monitoring data usage

[Stroller]

On 6 Jul 2009, at 22:10, Paul Hartman wrote:
> ...
> nethogs will show active network activity

That is REALLY cool. I can't believe I never knew about this before.

Stroller

Re: [gentoo-user] Monitoring data usage

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 00:32:28 +0100, Stroller wrote:

> > nethogs will show active network activity  
> 
> That is REALLY cool. I can't believe I never knew about this before.

+1 - this looks really useful.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

"This project is so important, we can't let things that are more
important interfere with it."

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