[PLUG] Monitoring outgoing traffic

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "Phil" == Phil Tomson <ptkwt at aracnet.com> writes:

Phil> The other day my internet connection (I'm still on dialup, I
Phil> don't want to pay $50+/mo for cable) got very sloooowwww.  At
Phil> first I thought it was the ISP's problem, but it persisted.  On
Phil> a whim I rebooted my machine that does firewall/masquerading and
Phil> after that things were back to normal.  Now a few days later it
Phil> got slow again.  I'm beginning to suspect that perhaps something
Phil> is sending lots of data out.  What's the best way to monitor for
Phil> outgoing data?

tcpdump or ethereal are usually good choices.


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