Hi Gregory, Well, you can use ifconfig to get very basic information, such as the aggregate numbers of received and transmitted bytes and packets. From that information, you could calculate bandwidth used. If you are running Red Hat Linux, their copy of the ifconfig utility permits you to view the status of all interfaces by simply typing /sbin/ifconfig and pressing enter. If you want information on a specific interface like eth0 (the first Ethernet interface) then type: /sbin/ifconfig eth0 If you run another distribution, you may need to type something like the following to view the status of all interfaces: ifconfig -a I'm sure there are many other ways to do all this. I haven't used them in awhile now. Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications! Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator! A+, CCNA, Network+! Check out high quality telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i All the best to coalition forces carrying out Operation Iraqi Freedom! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 11:26 AM Subject: Re: t1 versus cabel/modem > On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 07:47:47AM -0700, Darrell Shandrow wrote: > > You can use ifconfig and various related tools in Linux > > to obtain the same type of information about the amount of input and output > > over Ethernet interfaces. > > > Darrell, can you or someone else please expand on that? > Specifically, which lines of ifconfig give that type of info, and what other tools besides ifconfig were you referring to? > Thanks. > > Greg > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
