[PLUG] monitoring MAGNITUDE of internet activity - how?

Richard Owlett rowlett at cloud85.net
Thu Mar 2 13:28:31 UTC 2017


On 03/01/2017 07:18 PM, King Beowulf wrote:
> On 03/01/2017 02:33 PM, Richard Owlett 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
>>
>
> 'iftop' is a nifty bandwidth tool.

It's aimed at a different audience. I have a single machine connected to 
the internet.


>  it has a bunch of options
>
> also, if you run a OpenWRT compatible Wifi router, you can give firmware
> from
>
>  https://www.gargoyle-router.com/
>
> Its a customization of OpenWrt that can provide heaps of bandwidth data.
>
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