In Windows I use Netlimiter. It shows me what programs are uploadig and/or downloading (if any) and will allow me to cap the bandwidth of any of them.
Is there a Linux app like this?
Thanks
Astralogic
Astralogic wrote:
>
> In Windows I use ‘Netlimiter’ (http://www.netlimiter.com). It shows me
> what programs are uploadig and/or downloading (if any) and will allow me
> to cap the bandwidth of any of them.
>
> Is there a Linux app like this?
>
> Thanks
> Astralogic
>
>
You can monitor bandwidth usage using nethogs
http://software.opensuse.org/package/nethogs
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Thanks, but I’m having a bit of trouble. I can see that nethogs should be run in a terminal but, well, take a look:
calvin@linux-kmee:~> nethogs
Absolute path to 'nethogs' is '/usr/sbin/nethogs', so running it may require superuser privileges (eg. root).
calvin@linux-kmee:~> su
Password:
linux-kmee:/home/calvin # nethogs
ioctl failed while establishing local IP for selected device eth0. You may specify the device on the command line.
I only have the one network device.
actually you can use
sudo nethogs eth0…if you have cable connection
sudo nethogs wlan0…if you have wireless
sudo nethogs ppp0…if you have a broadband modem
On Tue 18 Feb 2014 12:06:05 PM CST, rich1974 wrote:
actually you can use
sudo nethogs eth0…if you have cable connection
sudo nethogs wlan0…if you have wireless
sudo nethogs ppp0…if you have a broadband modem
Hi
Remember on >= 13.1 this has changed…
@OP, check your interface name via ifconfig, for example my eth0 is now
enp37s0 and wireless is wlo1.
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I don’t seem to have ifconfig:
calvin@linux-kmee:~> ifconfig
Absolute path to 'ifconfig' is '/sbin/ifconfig', so running it may require superuser privileges (eg. root).
calvin@linux-kmee:~> sudo ifconfig
root's password:
sudo: ifconfig: command not found
Also, Malcolm, here’s the output of those commands:
linux-kmee:/home/calvin # nethogs ppp0
ioctl failed while establishing local IP for selected device ppp0. You may specify the device on the command line.
linux-kmee:/home/calvin # nethogs eth0
ioctl failed while establishing local IP for selected device eth0. You may specify the device on the command line.
On Wed 19 Feb 2014 09:16:02 AM CST, Astralogic wrote:
malcolmlewis;2625598 Wrote:
> Hi
> Remember on >= 13.1 this has changed…
>
> @OP, check your interface name via ifconfig, for example my eth0 is
> now enp37s0 and wireless is wlo1.
>
I don’t seem to have ifconfig:
calvin@linux-kmee:~> ifconfig
Absolute path to ‘ifconfig’ is ‘/sbin/ifconfig’, so running it may
require superuser privileges (eg. root).
Hi
If running as your user it would be, else su - to root user (note the -
minus), I’m not a sudo fan 
CODE
/usr/sbin/ifconfig
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this is not the case on my machine:
linux-9gy1:/home/rich1974 # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:09:A6:30:43
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:21
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:220 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:220 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:12748 (12.4 Kb) TX bytes:12748 (12.4 Kb)
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:109.102.137.90 P-t-P:10.133.6.97 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:508716 errors:99 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:265112 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:140154036 (133.6 Mb) TX bytes:17448400 (16.6 Mb)
On 2014-02-19 20:46, rich1974 wrote:
> very strange…
> this is not the case on my machine:
Check your path 
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On Wed 19 Feb 2014 07:46:02 PM CST, rich1974 wrote:
malcolmlewis;2625598 Wrote:
> Hi
> Remember on >= 13.1 this has changed…
>
> @OP, check your interface name via ifconfig, for example my eth0 is
> now enp37s0 and wireless is wlo1.
>
> –
> Cheers Malcolm °¿° SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890)
> openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86_64) GNOME 3.10.2 Kernel 3.11.10-7-desktop
> If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface,
> please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks!
very strange…
this is not the case on my machine:
Code:
linux-9gy1:/home/rich1974 # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:09:A6:30:43
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:21
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:220 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:220 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:12748 (12.4 Kb) TX bytes:12748 (12.4 Kb)
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:109.102.137.90 P-t-P:10.133.6.97 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:508716 errors:99 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:265112 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:140154036 (133.6 Mb) TX bytes:17448400 (16.6 Mb)
Hi
Ahh you must be on 12.3 then?
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It wokred:
linux-kmee:~ # ifconfig
enp3s0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr D4:3D:7E:F6:4B:24
inet addr:192.168.0.3 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::d63d:7eff:fef6:4b24/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:19
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:7227 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7227 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3387144 (3.2 Mb) TX bytes:3387144 (3.2 Mb)
But what does that mean?
On 2014-02-20 13:36, Astralogic wrote:
>
> It wokred:
>
>
> But what does that mean?
That you have one outside network interface named ‘enp3s0’. You may have
to tell that name to ‘nethogs’.
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no, i am on 13.1…
i see that nethogs is not even in the main repository. pretty sad…such an useful app.
On 02/20/2014 10:06 AM, rich1974 pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> malcolmlewis;2625931 Wrote:
>> Hi
>> Ahh you must be on 12.3 then?
>>
>> –
>> Cheers Malcolm °¿° SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890)
>> openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86_64) GNOME 3.10.2 Kernel 3.11.10-7-desktop
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> no, i am on 13.1…
> i see that nethogs is not even in the main repository. pretty
> sad…such an useful app.
>
It may not be in the main repos but it is available at:
software.opensuse.org/package/nethogs
Ken
Astralogic wrote:
>
> It wokred:
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> linux-kmee:~ # ifconfig
> enp3s0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr D4:3D:7E:F6:4B:24
> inet addr:192.168.0.3 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::d63d:7eff:fef6:4b24/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> Interrupt:19
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
> RX packets:7227 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:7227 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:3387144 (3.2 Mb) TX bytes:3387144 (3.2 Mb)
>
>
> --------------------
>
>
> But what does that mean?
>
>
It means you should run nethogs like this until they enhance nethogs to
accommodate the new network interface naming convention.
sudo /usr/sbin/nethogs enp3s0
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Nethogs works now but it doesn’t report the correct transfer rates, not even close.
Is there some way to fix it or another bandwidth monitor I can try?
On 2014-02-21 11:36, Astralogic wrote:
> Is there some way to fix it or another bandwidth monitor I can try?
I use gkrellm. It just displays a graphic. I don’t know if that’s what
you want?
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I’m really liking the look of this gkrellm, everything seems to be working expect for the network meter. This is what it looks like:
http://t.imgbox.com/8GzTmc1H.jpg](http://imgbox.com/8GzTmc1H)
At the bottom enp3s0 and ppp0 are only showing the title bar of the meter. I’m pretty sure I don’t have a ppp0 connection anyway. It looks like the network meter is simply closed/collapsed/minimized. Is this. normal?
Astralogic wrote:
>
> robin_listas;2626252 Wrote:
>> On 2014-02-21 11:36, Astralogic wrote:
>>> Is there some way to fix it or another bandwidth monitor I can try?
>>
>> I use gkrellm. It just displays a graphic. I don’t know if that’s what
>> you want?
>>
>> –
>> Cheers / Saludos,
>>
>> Carlos E. R.
>>
>> (from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))
>
> I’m really liking the look of this gkrellm, everything seems to be
> working expect for the network meter. This is what it looks like:
>
> ‘[image: http://t.imgbox.com/8GzTmc1H.jpg]’ (http://imgbox.com/8GzTmc1H)
>
> At the bottom enp3s0 and ppp0 are only showing the title bar of the
> meter. I’m pretty sure I don’t have a ppp0 connection anyway. It looks
> like the network meter is simply closed/collapsed/minimized. Is this.
> normal?
>
>
Right click on it ==>Configuration==>Builtins==>Net==>Explore the tabs
and enable the relevant network interfaces
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On 2014-02-22 11:46, Astralogic wrote:
> I’m really liking the look of this gkrellm, everything seems to be
> working expect for the network meter. This is what it looks like:
>
> ‘[image: http://t.imgbox.com/8GzTmc1H.jpg]’ (http://imgbox.com/8GzTmc1H)
>
> At the bottom enp3s0 and ppp0 are only showing the title bar of the
> meter.
No, enp3s0 is working, but no activity is shown. ppp0 is currently
inactive. You can configure it out.
You could verify, perhaps, with another tool: iptraf. It is a text mode
tool, you can run it in an xterm, konsole, or equivalent (su to root first).
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