Sure i would like to try that... Also if you can tell me how accurate it can be, i will be greatful.. By accurate i mean like if i will be able to get the count for each second also... Thanks alot... Muhammad >===== Original Message From Paul.Hampson@xxxxxxxxx (Paul Hampson) ===== >On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 09:46:35AM -0600, M. A. Imam wrote: >> Hi, > >> How can i count the number of packets on an interface evry 2 or 5 seconds. and >> i want to count only specific packets like only arriving packets from port >> 5001 > >I knocked up something like that using the built-in counters in >iptables. It was pretty nasty, and it's just been replaced with >netflow. But it _can_ be done, taking advantage of iptables's >atomic display/clear command. Which I forget off hand. ^_^ > >If you want to go this way, I can post the script I'm using to >get the data out of iptables. > >-- >Paul "TBBle" Hampson, on an alternate email client. >_______________________________________________ >LARTC mailing list >LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc