[Asterisk-Users] Bandwidth measurement tool: bmtools

[Steve Bourg]

I can't resolve this host from anywhere.  Is there a mirror somewhere?

Thanks,

Steve Bourg

On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, John Todd wrote:

>
> This is not specifically on-topic for Asterisk, but I have found on
> many occasions while working with Asterisk that it would have been
> very handy to be able to measure, with some precision, the bandwidth
> being used by a particular host, port, or combination of the two.
>
> So, I went searching for various tools, none of which were what I
> wanted.  They either were too clever, or too limited in their
> abilities.
>
> However, someone forwarded the link to this tool to me about an hour
> ago, and I've been thrilled that it does _exactly_ what I want.  I
> can use a BPF-style filter to monitor exactly what I'd like to watch,
> and it hands back results to me in "real time" down to a one-second
> interval.  Sometimes, a small program can make me very happy, and I
> suppose after a morning full of various system problems I'm overly
> happy have something that works and does just what I want it to.
>
> This is useful for checking to see how much bandwidth a codec
> _really_ uses, or seeing what your total usage is between two IAX
> hosts, or pretty much anything that requires live examination of
> ethernet segment traffic.
>
> http://s-tech.linux-pl.com/bmtools/
>
>
> [root at ms1 bmtools-0.71]# ./rate -r 1 -f 'host 10.0.1.3 and not port ssh'
> -> Currently 263.05 Bps/3.01 pps, Average: 263.05 Bps/3.01 pps
> -> Currently 2706.00 Bps/17.00 pps, Average: 1486.97 Bps/10.02 pps
> -> Currently 588.00 Bps/6.00 pps, Average: 1186.92 Bps/8.68 pps
> -> Currently 440.00 Bps/4.00 pps, Average: 1000.00 Bps/7.51 pps
> -> Currently 440.00 Bps/4.00 pps, Average: 887.91 Bps/6.81 pps
> -> Currently 2080.00 Bps/16.00 pps, Average: 1086.72 Bps/8.34 pps
> -> Currently 1282.00 Bps/9.00 pps, Average: 1114.64 Bps/8.43 pps
> -> Currently 10385.00 Bps/20.00 pps, Average: 2274.01 Bps/9.88 pps
> ^C
>
>
> JT
>
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