Monitor NIC usage

[Jay Nugent]

Greetings,

On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, C M Reinehr wrote:

> On Wed 12 November 2008 10:55, Michael Hipp wrote:
> > Ok, a real content thread with no mention of presidential elections, death
> > or underwear...
> 
> Bummer! ;-)

   There's that BUMM thing again... heh heh


 
> > Is there a simple tool to tell me how busy my NIC is at a given time?
> > Something simple like 'top' for my eth0. Just looking for something that
> > will display the current %busy, bytes/sec or somesuch.

   ntop

   mrtg



      --- Jay
             
In response to the issue about dumbing-down Amateur Radio, a fellow Ham 
said:    "Would you like fries with that emergency communication?"
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