On Saturday March 7 2009, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On Friday, 2009-03-06 at 11:45 -0500, Greg Freemyer wrote:
I happened to notice that one of my machines that should be basically idle is showing about 20 packets a second coming in and out.
Try "iptraf" instead. It will show the activity per IP and port.
This was new to me, so some facts: - It's found in its own, eponymous package. - Must be run by root - Is a curses app (like the non-GUI YaST, e.g.). At a quick glance, it's a bit like WireShark, but as far as I can tell, you can't see packet contents and it doesn't know about higher-level protocols such as TCP.
You can also try "ntop" (http://localhost:3000/), which will show nice stats and graphs about your network.
- Also found in its own eponymous package - Is accessed via Web interface (on port 3000, as Carlos shows). - Must initially be configured using "ntop -A -u wwwrun" and supplying an administrator password when prompted. - Must be enabled using "/etc/init.d/ntop start" after installation and configuration. - For routine use, enable it for network-enabled run levels (3 & 5) using YaST -> System -> System Services (runlevel).
-- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
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