another question for the knowledgeable from the clueless

[Darin Perusich]

i like mrtg (Multi Router Traffic Grapher) for monitoring network
traffic. it's written in perl and C and works on just about all
platforms, unix and window$.

http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/mrtg.html

Richard.Hubbard at nhwny.com wrote:
> 
> After installing Red Hat (ok, i just had to look at 7.1...)  I had a
> question.  What tools are out there for monitoring the network?  I found
> out that there is a way to switch the nic to promiscuous mode for that
> purpose, but what programs actually do it?
> 
> Actually, I don't even need promiscuous mode, I'm just looking for a basic
> 'top' like tool that can tell me what data rate and network utilization i'm
> getting.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Richard A. Hubbard III
> MCSE, MCDBA, MCSD, MCT, CLI, CLP,LCI,LCP,
>  A+, Net+,I-net+
> Training Manager, New Horizons Buffalo
> richard.hubbard at nhwny.com
> phone (716) 681-8500 x2241
>            (716) 206-2241 Direct
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Darin Perusich
Unix Administrator
Cognigen Corp.
darinper at cognigencorp.com