#vnstat

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How to monitor network traffic with Linux and vnStat

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If you’re a network or a Linux admin, sometimes you need to monitor network traffic coming and going to/from your Linux servers. As there are a number of tools with which to handle this task, where do you turn? One very handy tool is vnStat. With vnStat you get a console-based network traffic monitor that is capable of monitoring and logging tra… Articles on TechRepublic

pc niz üzerindeki ethernet arayüzlerindeki trafiği basit bir şekilde kayderek günlük, haftalık, aylık v.b. şekilde komut satırından raporlama isteyebilirsiniz. bunun için çok fazla uygulama mevcut ancak hiç bir şekilde grafik arayüzüne ihtiyaç duymayan bir araç ihtiyacınız varsa (veya bu tür araçları seviorsanız) vnstat tam size göre olabilir. fcicek@cicek:~$ sudo apt-get install vnstat ile…

To install vnstat for ppp0 :

when in panic and internet seems to work slower, hit vnstat -l

it will show your current live network traffic on the eth0 interface (you can change it of course)

Créer une base de données pour par exemple lire les données de ppp0:

compte@compte:~/Pulpit$ sudo vnstat -u -i ppp0 [sudo] password for compte: Error: Unable to read database "/var/lib/vnstat/ppp0". Info: -> A new database has been created.