Re: Package to represent network traffic

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 15:38 +0800, Edward Dekkers wrote:
> Les Mikesell wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 15:32, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > 
> >>> I once had an installed package that gave a graphical representation of 
> >>> traffic on the network, but I can't remember its name.  I've tried searching 
> >>> yum with a few guesses, without success.  Can anyone help?
> > 
> >> I think the package you want is called mrtg and is part of the
> >> distribution FC4 and FC5.
> > 
> > Mrtg will pull the traffic info via snmp from remote systems
> > and routers.  It is easier to use with a tool like cacti that
> > provides a web interface for the setup:  http://www.cacti.net/.
> > 
> > You can watch your local interface and other system counters
> > with gkrellm.
> > 
> 
> ntop is extremely cool. Maybe that's the one you were thinking?
> 
> Can view via any web browser on (default) port 3000.
> 
> Simple RPM install from memory.
> 
> Ed.
ntop shows net traffic as is extremely useful but doen not answer the
question of as graph producing program
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Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>