[Asterisk-Users] Bandwidth measurement tool: bmtools

[mike at pellatt.co.uk]

30 seconds with google gave me

http://s-tech.elsat.net.pl/bmtools/

looks like the same thing at a glance.

lemme see, at £60 an hour, that's 50p u owe me...... :-)

Mike Pellatt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ml.asteriskusers [mailto:ml_asteriskusers at integrity.bourg.net]
> Sent: 11 June 2003 17:44
> To: asterisk-users
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Bandwidth measurement tool: bmtools
> 
> 
> 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