Comments on: Console network monitors http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The unknown network monitor « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-41212 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:26:37 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-41212 [...] are a lot of console network monitors out there, and by a lot I mean a lot. What makes this one any better than the four or five that I already looked at, or endorse in [...]

]]> By: On the menu « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-39532 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:44:24 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-39532 [...] iftop, my favorite network monitor of the ones I have looked at (and I’ve looked at a lot … ) [...]

]]> By: How could I have forgotten « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-39193 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:54:02 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-39193 [...] more in the way of direct analogues, make sure you check out the lengthy list jared mentioned in a comment a few days ago. Where cli-apps.org is arranged in terms of name, popularity and frequency of [...]

]]> By: Quasi-eponymous three-letter-name terminal applications « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-39182 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:02:05 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-39182 [...] applications. Just so you understand the distinction, I consider a utility to be something like iftop, which shows you the traffic through your network interface. It’s a tool, and outside of [...]

]]> By: Seeding Jaunty « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-39173 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:01:57 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-39173 [...] Set up Ubuntu for speed « Console network monitors [...]

]]> By: Zeist http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-39172 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:16:08 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-39172 My favourite network monitoring tool is one of the really basic ones, BWM-NG ( http://www.gropp.org/?id=projects&sub=bwm-ng ).

I only really care about bandwith used though, and I don’t really require graphs.

]]> By: jared http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-39168 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:22:46 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-39168 Great tools. I have a somewhat comprehensive list of CLI Desktop tools which I add the 3 you mentioned. http://jaredandcoralee.com/CLIapps.html Any suggestions to the list would be appreciated.
It may give you some additional CLI tools you may want to try out. It’s my attempt to show that anything on the desktop can be done in the CLI.

]]> By: pescobar http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-39165 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:58:49 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-39165 pktstat: http://www.adaptive-enterprises.com.au/~d/software/pktstat/

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-39158 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:07:42 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-39158 I always read the comments. :)

Yes, iptraf is definitely more detailed than the others, but I doubt I have a practical use for it.

]]> By: mardson http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-39152 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:41:16 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/console-network-monitors/#comment-39152 yay! you read your comments

i agree that iptraf is insanely more complicated that iftop. i definitely use iftop more than anything else. it’s amazing how productive you can be on a terminal!

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