[PLUG] monitoring MAGNITUDE of internet activity - how?
Robert Citek
robert.citek at gmail.com
Wed Mar 1 22:44:13 UTC 2017
Would /proc/net/dev give you the info you are looking for?
$ sudo cat /proc/net/dev
Inter-| Receive | Transmit
face |bytes packets errs drop fifo frame compressed
multicast|bytes packets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed
eth0: 16839226 26454 0 0 0 0 0 0
16903410 27268 0 0 0 0 0 0
eth1: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
578 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
lo: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Capture at t0 and t1, parse, diff.
Regards,
- Robert
On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 2:33 PM, Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:
> *NOTE BENE*
> Capitalization in subject line semantically important :>
>
> I have significant bandwidth constraints.
> I have been asked to participate in a project requiring significant data
> transfers.
> I wish to run a test case to estimate the connectivity "cost".
> If it is significant, I use Debian Jessie.
> For the test case the source/destination is of secondary importance.
>
> Is there a tool which can be
> "turned on" at time t0
> "turned off" at time t1
> which will report the number of
> "uploaded" bytes
> "downloaded" bytes
> in that interval?
>
> If the tool reports more, no problem -- it will likely be ignored.
> TIA
>
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