Comments on: Monitoring network bandwidth with bwm-ng http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2009/03/14/monitoring-network-bandwidth-with-bwm-ng/ Blog O' Matty Fri, 04 May 2012 19:58:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: Shakir Solomon http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2009/03/14/monitoring-network-bandwidth-with-bwm-ng/comment-page-1/#comment-715573 Shakir Solomon Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:56:31 +0000 http://prefetch.net/blog/?p=1100#comment-715573 on FreeBSD i use a built-in utility called systat which does the same, though it logs from the moment the interfaces are brought up and does not have to run in the background. systat -ifstat <code> Interface Traffic Peak Total tun1 in 0.000 KB/s 0.000 KB/s 1.116 KB out 0.000 KB/s 0.000 KB/s 0.000 KB tun0 in 0.656 KB/s 0.656 KB/s 3.341 GB out 0.398 KB/s 0.398 KB/s 622.966 MB lo0 in 0.000 KB/s 0.000 KB/s 66.461 MB out 0.000 KB/s 0.000 KB/s 66.461 MB rl1 in 0.429 KB/s 0.429 KB/s 699.435 MB out 0.910 KB/s 0.910 KB/s 3.461 GB rl0 in 0.745 KB/s 0.745 KB/s 2.695 GB out 0.472 KB/s 0.472 KB/s 448.515 MB </code> on FreeBSD i use a built-in utility called systat which does the same, though it logs from the moment the interfaces are brought up and does not have to run in the background.

systat -ifstat


Interface Traffic Peak Total
tun1 in 0.000 KB/s 0.000 KB/s 1.116 KB
out 0.000 KB/s 0.000 KB/s 0.000 KB

tun0 in 0.656 KB/s 0.656 KB/s 3.341 GB
out 0.398 KB/s 0.398 KB/s 622.966 MB

lo0 in 0.000 KB/s 0.000 KB/s 66.461 MB
out 0.000 KB/s 0.000 KB/s 66.461 MB

rl1 in 0.429 KB/s 0.429 KB/s 699.435 MB
out 0.910 KB/s 0.910 KB/s 3.461 GB

rl0 in 0.745 KB/s 0.745 KB/s 2.695 GB
out 0.472 KB/s 0.472 KB/s 448.515 MB

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