IpTraf

IpTraf allows you to analyze your network traffic regarding package size, protocol (e.g. IP, TCP and UDP), port and network interface.

= Start it = Start IpTraf with the command iptraf

= Screenshots =

Analysis by protocol
This shows how iptraf details the packages displayed by protocol. IPTraf

┌ Statistics for eth1 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │                                                                                                  │ │               Total      Total    Incoming   Incoming    Outgoing   Outgoing                      │ │            Packets      Bytes     Packets      Bytes     Packets      Bytes                      │ │ Total:      414404    387289K      135158   10516386      279246    376773K                      │ │ IP:         414404    381487K      135158    8623974      279246    372863K                      │ │ TCP:        414145    381460K      135029    8606095      279116    372854K                      │ │ UDP:           259      27006         129      17879         130       9127                      │ │ ICMP:            0          0           0          0           0          0                      │ │ Other IP:        0          0           0          0           0          0                      │ │ Non-IP:          0          0           0          0           0          0                      │ │                                                                                                  │ │                                                                                                   │ │ Total rates:      16490.4 kbits/sec        Broadcast packets:            0                        │ │                   2190.0 packets/sec      Broadcast bytes:              0                        │ │                                                                                                  │ │ Incoming rates:     431.2 kbits/sec                                                               │ │                    709.0 packets/sec                                                             │ │                                           IP checksum errors:           0                        │ │ Outgoing rates:  16059.2 kbits/sec                                                               │ │                   1481.0 packets/sec                                                             │ │                                                                                                  │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ └ Elapsed time:   0:03 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ X-exit

Analysis by package size
IPTraf ┌ Packet Distribution by Size ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │                                                                                                  │ │ Packet size brackets for interface eth1                                                           │ │                                                                                                  │ │                                                                                                   │ │ Packet Size (bytes)      Count     Packet Size (bytes)     Count                                  │ │    1 to   75:           46398      751 to  825:             612                                  │ │   76 to  150:           13891      826 to  900:             530                                  │ │  151 to  225:             831      901 to  975:             585                                  │ │  226 to  300:             717      976 to 1050:             746                                  │ │  301 to  375:             563     1051 to 1125:             694                                  │ │  376 to  450:             535     1126 to 1200:             622                                  │ │  451 to  525:             749     1201 to 1275:             634                                  │ │  526 to  600:            2132     1276 to 1350:             650                                  │ │  601 to  675:             569     1351 to 1425:             709                                  │ │  676 to  750:             455     1426 to 1500+:          92661                                  │ │                                                                                                  │ │                                                                                                   │ │ Interface MTU is 1500 bytes, not counting the data-link header                                    │ │ Maximum packet size is the MTU plus the data-link header length                                  │ │ Packet size computations include data-link headers, if any                                       │ │                                                                                                  │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ │                                                                                                   │ └ Elapsed time:   0:01 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ X-exit

= WebSite =
 * http://iptraf.seul.org/techinfo.html

= See also =
 * network
 * diagnostics