-i is interfaces, you can capture the RX and TX values and do a bit of math.
-c is for continuous. (on modern operating systems ;P )
On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 03:00:40PM -0700, Tim Howe wrote:
> Are you sure netstat is the program you are talking about? My man page says
> the -i option is for interface status and the -c option doesn't exist...
>
> Tim
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > Christopher Maujean
> > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 2:30 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [EUG-LUG:2393] Re: Traffic measurement...
> >
> >
> >
> > Big Brother does some of that stuff,
> > but you could just run netstat -i -c
> > for a quick idea, there are plenty of scripts that will parse
> > it for you, or one
> > could be written in short order..
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 01:51:21PM -0700, Tim Howe wrote:
> > > Is there a tool or method that I can use to measure the
> > amount of traffic on
> > > my network. The backbone is basically some stacked hubs.
> > I can sniff
> > > traffic using tcpdump or something, but what I really need
> > is statistics of
> > > utilization and stuff like that. MRTG isn't really an
> > option since I don't
> > > have a router here. I just need traffic through the hubs..
> > >
> > > --TimH
> >
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