Tool or script to measure bandwdith

[koolkicks311]

MRTG outputs the value in premade HTML file, is there another tool available to measure bandwidth (how much traffic is being used mbit/s) but outputs the data to a file?

[the_batman]

Ntop is a nice program.

[knute]

http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=network+bandwidth&section=projects&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

http://www.google.com/linux?q=network+bandwidth+monitor&sourceid=mozilla-search

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/bandwidth-monitoring-tools-for-linux.html

These are only a start.
Also, don't worry about whether you find info about a program on a different distro's page. When you have the name of the app, you can either find the source and compile it yourself, or find it for your distro.

HTH

[ph34r]

bmon

[Syngin]

bwm and iftop are good too. I don't believe they have file output ability though.

[knute]

bwm and iftop are good too. I don't believe they have file output ability though.

That's what pipes and redirects are for! :rolleyes:

If they output to the screen all you do is name of program and it's options> name of file you want it output to
or name of program and it's options>> name of file you want it output to

The difference being one of them will start the file from the beginning and the other will append to the file if it exists.

HTH