[Madlug] Network Diagnostic Tools

[Will Maier]

Hi-

On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 09:32:43AM -0600, Eric Veenendaal wrote:
> I'm trying to diagnose possible network bottlenecks during usage
> spikes.  Any recommendation on tools to use to find out network
> interface use? All I've been able to find so far is netstat, which
> has a lot of stats, but it's all in absolute terms. It'd be great
> to see a percentage or something attached to a time frame. Any
> help would be greatly appreciated.

Well, you can always dump (filtered) netstat output to a file,
adding your own timestamps, and then process it as you wish sometime
after the fact.

Whenever I'm trying to find a tool to monitor/inspect network
traffic, I always start here:
    
    http://www.slac.stanford.edu/xorg/nmtf/nmtf-tools.html

It's a bit impenetrable (and somewhat crufty), but it also contains
links to lots of very useful tools.

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