Re: measure throughput?

From: linuxnooby (linuxnooby_at_yahoo.com.au)
Date: 03/31/05 

Date: 30 Mar 2005 18:15:32 -0800

Thanks Jose

what does this look like (assuming eth0 is outside interface)??
also how do i view the counters??

iptables -N DOWNLOADS
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -j DOWNLOADS
iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -j DOWNLOADS
iptables -A DOWNLOADS -j RETURN

iptables -N UPLOADS
iptables -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -j UPLOADS
iptables -A FORWARD -0 eth0 -j UPLOADS
iptables -A UPLOADS -j RETURN

thanks
Dave

Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez <jkerouac@bgsec.com> wrote in message news:<424a7d2c_4@x-privat.org>...
> linuxnooby wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a linux firewall. I would like to measure how much data (all
> > data icmp tcp udp) is passing through this machine.
>
> If you want to meter the TCP packets, for example, you can create
> a new chain called TCPMETER and send all the data to that chain,
> then in the chain you just add a single rule with an unconditional
> RETURN. You just read the counters for that rule and you are done.
>
> > what i want to know is my internet uploads and downloads. Can any one
> > reccomend software that can do this on the linux box??
> >
> > cheers David
>
> Regards.
>
> --
>
> Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez
> Director Tecnico de bgSEC
> jkerouac@bgsec.com
> bgSEC Seguridad y Consultoria de Sistemas Informaticos
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