Chandrashekhar Rane told me about "iftop" and i thuoght probably many of u don't know some very handy tools laying around and not included in the distros which can be interestiong to u so here is the list (u should find them with Google 'cause don't have them at hand here) : iftop - top/tcpdump like network info scli - browse info on the cisco router (via SNMP) sntop - who is online !! polls hosts and indicate their current state.. has HTML output and can run as daemon. fping - ping many hosts at once... arping - ping but not with IP packets but with ARP requests... the best way to check conectivity even if the IP is misconfigured atop - top like program with patch to the kernel can display net info too. driftnet - capture gif,jpeg and mpeg-audio that cross over network :")) If u know any other please mail them... raptor _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/