Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
On 5/13/21 1:32 PM, Russell Senior wrote: In the context of paying for bandwidth during a Zoom call, unless you have a way of turning off those other uses, you are going to end up shuttling those bytes over your data plan and needing to pay for them anyway, so it seems to me worth counting them. Once this system is set up, these Zoom meetings will be the only traffic on it. The hotspot won't be open to anyone else. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
On 5/13/21 12:23 PM, Paul Heinlein wrote: I know that Russell is aware of this, but it's worth noting that aggregate numbers won't necessarily be limited to your Zoom session. Your package manager may be configured to look for updates every once in a while; a cron job may kick off a network session; any local network filesystem activity can bump the aggregate. Perhaps none of those scenarios applies to your system during the Zoom call, but beware that they will impact your numbers. If the package manger goes out and looks for stuff, that won't be a large amount of data, and I don't have anything set to automatically download updates. Also, there are no cron jobs that I've set up, nor local network activity during the meeting. Thanks for the clarification. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
On 5/13/21 11:44 AM, Russell Senior wrote: You do want to be looking at the whole picture though, not just firefox. Those numbers are way too low to be your online meeting. You might want to track total in/out bytes of the interface. Before and after your meeting run ifconfig -a. For each interface, you should see a line like: RX bytes:7251003175 (7.2 GB) TX bytes:282820023 (282.8 MB) Or, if you like iproute2 tools instead, ip -s link, where you will see lines like this: RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast 7255250852 7218804 0 0 0 0 TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns 284958814 1699378 0 0 0 0 Subtracting the before numbers from the after numbers, you should get the aggregate "during" numbers. That makes a lot of sense. Thanks. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 12:23 PM Paul Heinlein wrote: > > On Thu, 13 May 2021, Russell Senior wrote: > > > You do want to be looking at the whole picture though, not just > > firefox. Those numbers are way too low to be your online meeting. > > > > You might want to track total in/out bytes of the interface. Before > > and after your meeting run ifconfig -a. For each interface, you should > > see a line like: > > > > RX bytes:7251003175 (7.2 GB) TX bytes:282820023 (282.8 MB) > > > > Or, if you like iproute2 tools instead, ip -s link, where you will see > > lines like this: > > > > RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast > >7255250852 7218804 0 0 0 0 > >TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns > >284958814 1699378 0 0 0 0 > > > > Subtracting the before numbers from the after numbers, you should get > > the aggregate "during" numbers. > > I know that Russell is aware of this, but it's worth noting that > aggregate numbers won't necessarily be limited to your Zoom session. > Your package manager may be configured to look for updates every once > in a while; a cron job may kick off a network session; any local > network filesystem activity can bump the aggregate. > > Perhaps none of those scenarios applies to your system during the Zoom > call, but beware that they will impact your numbers. In the context of paying for bandwidth during a Zoom call, unless you have a way of turning off those other uses, you are going to end up shuttling those bytes over your data plan and needing to pay for them anyway, so it seems to me worth counting them. ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
On Thu, 13 May 2021, Russell Senior wrote: You do want to be looking at the whole picture though, not just firefox. Those numbers are way too low to be your online meeting. You might want to track total in/out bytes of the interface. Before and after your meeting run ifconfig -a. For each interface, you should see a line like: RX bytes:7251003175 (7.2 GB) TX bytes:282820023 (282.8 MB) Or, if you like iproute2 tools instead, ip -s link, where you will see lines like this: RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast 7255250852 7218804 0 0 0 0 TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns 284958814 1699378 0 0 0 0 Subtracting the before numbers from the after numbers, you should get the aggregate "during" numbers. I know that Russell is aware of this, but it's worth noting that aggregate numbers won't necessarily be limited to your Zoom session. Your package manager may be configured to look for updates every once in a while; a cron job may kick off a network session; any local network filesystem activity can bump the aggregate. Perhaps none of those scenarios applies to your system during the Zoom call, but beware that they will impact your numbers. -- Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com 45.38° N, 122.59° W___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
You do want to be looking at the whole picture though, not just firefox. Those numbers are way too low to be your online meeting. You might want to track total in/out bytes of the interface. Before and after your meeting run ifconfig -a. For each interface, you should see a line like: RX bytes:7251003175 (7.2 GB) TX bytes:282820023 (282.8 MB) Or, if you like iproute2 tools instead, ip -s link, where you will see lines like this: RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast 7255250852 7218804 0 0 0 0 TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns 284958814 1699378 0 0 0 0 Subtracting the before numbers from the after numbers, you should get the aggregate "during" numbers. -- Russell On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 9:24 AM Dick Steffens wrote: > > On 5/12/21 10:58 PM, TomasK wrote: > > Or you could just read the in/out 75MB/53.6MB numbers I put in brackets > > for you, double check the columns and call it a day. > > In the light of "another day" this makes sense. > > Thanks. > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > ___ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
On 5/12/21 10:58 PM, TomasK wrote: Or you could just read the in/out 75MB/53.6MB numbers I put in brackets for you, double check the columns and call it a day. In the light of "another day" this makes sense. Thanks. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
Or you could just read the in/out 75MB/53.6MB numbers I put in brackets for you, double check the columns and call it a day. my 2c On Wed, 2021-05-12 at 22:54 -0700, Dick Steffens wrote: > On 5/12/21 10:47 PM, TomasK wrote: > > netstat is normally the program to interpret/parse this. > > If you do not mind column-izing it - I suggest the number in > > OutOctets > > (53,633,193) columns should tell you how many bites went out and > > inOctets (75,040,712) how many bytes came in. If I counted the > > columns > > right. > > > > As always Google is your friend If you cannot guess some of the > > less > > obvious metrics. This is also reasonably well documented in kernel. > > > > Hope that helps, Tomas > > Tomorrow is another day, and I'll try to put in some time on it then. > > Thanks. > ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
On 5/12/21 10:47 PM, TomasK wrote: netstat is normally the program to interpret/parse this. If you do not mind column-izing it - I suggest the number in OutOctets (53,633,193) columns should tell you how many bites went out and inOctets (75,040,712) how many bytes came in. If I counted the columns right. As always Google is your friend If you cannot guess some of the less obvious metrics. This is also reasonably well documented in kernel. Hope that helps, Tomas Tomorrow is another day, and I'll try to put in some time on it then. Thanks. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
netstat is normally the program to interpret/parse this. If you do not mind column-izing it - I suggest the number in OutOctets (53,633,193) columns should tell you how many bites went out and inOctets (75,040,712) how many bytes came in. If I counted the columns right. As always Google is your friend If you cannot guess some of the less obvious metrics. This is also reasonably well documented in kernel. Hope that helps, Tomas On Wed, 2021-05-12 at 21:01 -0700, Dick Steffens wrote: > On 5/11/21 2:17 PM, TomasK wrote: > > 1. start web browser with single tab - your zoom/whatever only > > 2. find web browsers pid (ps -ef |grep firefox) > > 3. Do you conference > > call - Do not exit after the call ends > > 4. Check network usage for the process in: /proc/pid/net/netstat > > 5. now you can quit firefox > > I followed those instructions and got some "results". Now I need to > learn how to interpret them. Those results are: > > steff@richard-ThinkPad-X200-Tablet:~$ cat /proc/2176/net/netstat > TcpExt: SyncookiesSent SyncookiesRecv SyncookiesFailed EmbryonicRsts > PruneCalled RcvPruned OfoPruned OutOfWindowIcmps LockDroppedIcmps > ArpFilter TW TWRecycled TWKilled PAWSActive PAWSEstab DelayedACKs > DelayedACKLocked DelayedACKLost ListenOverflows ListenDrops > TCPHPHits > TCPPureAcks TCPHPAcks TCPRenoRecovery TCPSackRecovery > TCPSACKReneging > TCPSACKReorder TCPRenoReorder TCPTSReorder TCPFullUndo > TCPPartialUndo > TCPDSACKUndo TCPLossUndo TCPLostRetransmit TCPRenoFailures > TCPSackFailures TCPLossFailures TCPFastRetrans TCPSlowStartRetrans > TCPTimeouts TCPLossProbes TCPLossProbeRecovery TCPRenoRecoveryFail > TCPSackRecoveryFail TCPRcvCollapsed TCPBacklogCoalesce > TCPDSACKOldSent > TCPDSACKOfoSent TCPDSACKRecv TCPDSACKOfoRecv TCPAbortOnData > TCPAbortOnClose TCPAbortOnMemory TCPAbortOnTimeout TCPAbortOnLinger > TCPAbortFailed TCPMemoryPressures TCPMemoryPressuresChrono > TCPSACKDiscard TCPDSACKIgnoredOld TCPDSACKIgnoredNoUndo > TCPSpuriousRTOs > TCPMD5NotFound TCPMD5Unexpected TCPMD5Failure TCPSackShifted > TCPSackMerged TCPSackShiftFallback TCPBacklogDrop PFMemallocDrop > TCPMinTTLDrop TCPDeferAcceptDrop IPReversePathFilter > TCPTimeWaitOverflow > TCPReqQFullDoCookies TCPReqQFullDrop TCPRetransFail TCPRcvCoalesce > TCPOFOQueue TCPOFODrop TCPOFOMerge TCPChallengeACK TCPSYNChallenge > TCPFastOpenActive TCPFastOpenActiveFail TCPFastOpenPassive > TCPFastOpenPassiveFail TCPFastOpenListenOverflow > TCPFastOpenCookieReqd > TCPFastOpenBlackhole TCPSpuriousRtxHostQueues BusyPollRxPackets > TCPAutoCorking TCPFromZeroWindowAdv TCPToZeroWindowAdv > TCPWantZeroWindowAdv TCPSynRetrans TCPOrigDataSent > TCPHystartTrainDetect > TCPHystartTrainCwnd TCPHystartDelayDetect TCPHystartDelayCwnd > TCPACKSkippedSynRecv TCPACKSkippedPAWS TCPACKSkippedSeq > TCPACKSkippedFinWait2 TCPACKSkippedTimeWait TCPACKSkippedChallenge > TCPWinProbe TCPKeepAlive TCPMTUPFail TCPMTUPSuccess TCPDelivered > TCPDeliveredCE TCPAckCompressed TCPZeroWindowDrop TCPRcvQDrop > TCPWqueueTooBig TCPFastOpenPassiveAltKey > TcpExt: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 707 1 723 0 0 6579 816 7325 0 > 9 0 > 22 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 194 1 0 0 0 3 723 0 194 0 24 2 0 0 0 0 > 0 0 > 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 1 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1348 127 0 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 > 0 0 > 0 0 345 0 0 25 0 8583 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 224 0 0 8804 0 40 0 0 0 0 > IpExt: InNoRoutes InTruncatedPkts InMcastPkts OutMcastPkts > InBcastPkts > OutBcastPkts InOctets OutOctets InMcastOctets OutMcastOctets > InBcastOctets OutBcastOctets InCsumErrors InNoECTPkts InECT1Pkts > InECT0Pkts InCEPkts ReasmOverlaps > IpExt: 0 0 1209 236 945 1 75040712 53633193 145887 18870 143154 65 0 > 424771 0 0 0 0 > rsteff@richard-ThinkPad-X200-Tablet:~$ > > As I'm looking at it I'm wondering if this was the right program to > be > tracking. When I start up a Zoom session, it's the Zoom program that > runs. I can actually shut down Firefox at that point. The only thing > I > need Firefox for is the link for the meeting. > > So, is there anything in the above set of stuff that is a count of > bytes > exchanged? > ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
On 5/11/21 2:17 PM, TomasK wrote: 1. start web browser with single tab - your zoom/whatever only 2. find web browsers pid (ps -ef |grep firefox) 3. Do you conference call - Do not exit after the call ends 4. Check network usage for the process in: /proc/pid/net/netstat 5. now you can quit firefox I followed those instructions and got some "results". Now I need to learn how to interpret them. Those results are: steff@richard-ThinkPad-X200-Tablet:~$ cat /proc/2176/net/netstat TcpExt: SyncookiesSent SyncookiesRecv SyncookiesFailed EmbryonicRsts PruneCalled RcvPruned OfoPruned OutOfWindowIcmps LockDroppedIcmps ArpFilter TW TWRecycled TWKilled PAWSActive PAWSEstab DelayedACKs DelayedACKLocked DelayedACKLost ListenOverflows ListenDrops TCPHPHits TCPPureAcks TCPHPAcks TCPRenoRecovery TCPSackRecovery TCPSACKReneging TCPSACKReorder TCPRenoReorder TCPTSReorder TCPFullUndo TCPPartialUndo TCPDSACKUndo TCPLossUndo TCPLostRetransmit TCPRenoFailures TCPSackFailures TCPLossFailures TCPFastRetrans TCPSlowStartRetrans TCPTimeouts TCPLossProbes TCPLossProbeRecovery TCPRenoRecoveryFail TCPSackRecoveryFail TCPRcvCollapsed TCPBacklogCoalesce TCPDSACKOldSent TCPDSACKOfoSent TCPDSACKRecv TCPDSACKOfoRecv TCPAbortOnData TCPAbortOnClose TCPAbortOnMemory TCPAbortOnTimeout TCPAbortOnLinger TCPAbortFailed TCPMemoryPressures TCPMemoryPressuresChrono TCPSACKDiscard TCPDSACKIgnoredOld TCPDSACKIgnoredNoUndo TCPSpuriousRTOs TCPMD5NotFound TCPMD5Unexpected TCPMD5Failure TCPSackShifted TCPSackMerged TCPSackShiftFallback TCPBacklogDrop PFMemallocDrop TCPMinTTLDrop TCPDeferAcceptDrop IPReversePathFilter TCPTimeWaitOverflow TCPReqQFullDoCookies TCPReqQFullDrop TCPRetransFail TCPRcvCoalesce TCPOFOQueue TCPOFODrop TCPOFOMerge TCPChallengeACK TCPSYNChallenge TCPFastOpenActive TCPFastOpenActiveFail TCPFastOpenPassive TCPFastOpenPassiveFail TCPFastOpenListenOverflow TCPFastOpenCookieReqd TCPFastOpenBlackhole TCPSpuriousRtxHostQueues BusyPollRxPackets TCPAutoCorking TCPFromZeroWindowAdv TCPToZeroWindowAdv TCPWantZeroWindowAdv TCPSynRetrans TCPOrigDataSent TCPHystartTrainDetect TCPHystartTrainCwnd TCPHystartDelayDetect TCPHystartDelayCwnd TCPACKSkippedSynRecv TCPACKSkippedPAWS TCPACKSkippedSeq TCPACKSkippedFinWait2 TCPACKSkippedTimeWait TCPACKSkippedChallenge TCPWinProbe TCPKeepAlive TCPMTUPFail TCPMTUPSuccess TCPDelivered TCPDeliveredCE TCPAckCompressed TCPZeroWindowDrop TCPRcvQDrop TCPWqueueTooBig TCPFastOpenPassiveAltKey TcpExt: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 707 1 723 0 0 6579 816 7325 0 9 0 22 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 194 1 0 0 0 3 723 0 194 0 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 1 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1348 127 0 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 345 0 0 25 0 8583 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 224 0 0 8804 0 40 0 0 0 0 IpExt: InNoRoutes InTruncatedPkts InMcastPkts OutMcastPkts InBcastPkts OutBcastPkts InOctets OutOctets InMcastOctets OutMcastOctets InBcastOctets OutBcastOctets InCsumErrors InNoECTPkts InECT1Pkts InECT0Pkts InCEPkts ReasmOverlaps IpExt: 0 0 1209 236 945 1 75040712 53633193 145887 18870 143154 65 0 424771 0 0 0 0 rsteff@richard-ThinkPad-X200-Tablet:~$ As I'm looking at it I'm wondering if this was the right program to be tracking. When I start up a Zoom session, it's the Zoom program that runs. I can actually shut down Firefox at that point. The only thing I need Firefox for is the link for the meeting. So, is there anything in the above set of stuff that is a count of bytes exchanged? -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
On 5/11/21 6:49 PM, Larry Brigman wrote: Zoom uses an adaptive bitrate codec. The bandwidth you use will be dependent upon latency to and from the server. A test on your broadband connection will be different than a wireless connection. Thanks. Good to know. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
Zoom uses an adaptive bitrate codec. The bandwidth you use will be dependent upon latency to and from the server. A test on your broadband connection will be different than a wireless connection. On Tue, May 11, 2021, 4:03 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 11 May 2021, Dick Steffens wrote: > > > My purpose is collecting data so when I go to the wireless folks I'll > know > > about how much we'll be using each month (a 1-1/2 hour meeting twice a > > week), and know what data plan will make sense when we set one up for the > > building that has no phone or Internet connection, and doesn't need > either > > for anything else. I'm looking into a WiFi only setup for my church. > > Dick, > > Ah, so. Thanks for clarifying. Good luck finding a solution that works for > all of you. > > Regards, > > Rich > ___ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
On Tue, 11 May 2021, Dick Steffens wrote: My purpose is collecting data so when I go to the wireless folks I'll know about how much we'll be using each month (a 1-1/2 hour meeting twice a week), and know what data plan will make sense when we set one up for the building that has no phone or Internet connection, and doesn't need either for anything else. I'm looking into a WiFi only setup for my church. Dick, Ah, so. Thanks for clarifying. Good luck finding a solution that works for all of you. Regards, Rich ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
On 5/11/21 2:36 PM, Bill Barry wrote: On Tue, May 11, 2021, 4:24 PM Dick Steffens wrote: On 5/11/21 2:17 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Tue, 11 May 2021, Dick Steffens wrote: Is there a recommended too or procedure for logging how much data I use while hosting a Zoom meeting? The meeting typically takes about an hour and 20 minutes. I need to know how much "data" I use during that meeting. Dick, I know that the wireless telcos limit 'data' download (however that's calculated) but have not seen where there's a data limit using a FiOS or cable connection to the 'Net. My purpose is collecting data so when I go to the wireless folks I'll know about how much we'll be using each month (a 1-1/2 hour meeting twice a week), and know what data plan will make sense when we set one up for the building that has no phone or Internet connection, and doesn't need either for anything else. I'm looking into a WiFi only setup for my church. -- Regards, Dick Steffens You should test whatever your going to do before the meeting to see if it works. Actually tomorrow's usage will be a test. I don't need the data before early June. But if I have time later today or during the day tomorrow, I'll try it and see what I get. Thanks for the recommendation. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
On Tue, May 11, 2021, 4:24 PM Dick Steffens wrote: > On 5/11/21 2:17 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Tue, 11 May 2021, Dick Steffens wrote: > > > >> Is there a recommended too or procedure for logging how much data I > >> use while hosting a Zoom meeting? The meeting typically takes about > >> an hour and 20 minutes. I need to know how much "data" I use during > >> that meeting. > > > > Dick, > > > > I know that the wireless telcos limit 'data' download (however that's > > calculated) but have not seen where there's a data limit using a FiOS or > > cable connection to the 'Net. > > My purpose is collecting data so when I go to the wireless folks I'll > know about how much we'll be using each month (a 1-1/2 hour meeting > twice a week), and know what data plan will make sense when we set one > up for the building that has no phone or Internet connection, and > doesn't need either for anything else. I'm looking into a WiFi only > setup for my church. > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > You should test whatever your going to do before the meeting to see if it works. Bill ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
On 5/11/21 2:17 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Tue, 11 May 2021, Dick Steffens wrote: Is there a recommended too or procedure for logging how much data I use while hosting a Zoom meeting? The meeting typically takes about an hour and 20 minutes. I need to know how much "data" I use during that meeting. Dick, I know that the wireless telcos limit 'data' download (however that's calculated) but have not seen where there's a data limit using a FiOS or cable connection to the 'Net. My purpose is collecting data so when I go to the wireless folks I'll know about how much we'll be using each month (a 1-1/2 hour meeting twice a week), and know what data plan will make sense when we set one up for the building that has no phone or Internet connection, and doesn't need either for anything else. I'm looking into a WiFi only setup for my church. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
On 5/11/21 2:17 PM, TomasK wrote: 1. start web browser with single tab - your zoom/whatever only 2. find web browsers pid (ps -ef |grep firefox) 3. Do you conference call - Do not exit after the call ends 4. Check network usage for the process in: /proc/pid/net/netstat 5. now you can quit firefox Thanks. I'll try that tomorrow night. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
1. start web browser with single tab - your zoom/whatever only 2. find web browsers pid (ps -ef |grep firefox) 3. Do you conference call - Do not exit after the call ends 4. Check network usage for the process in: /proc/pid/net/netstat 5. now you can quit firefox Best, Tomas On Tue, 2021-05-11 at 14:04 -0700, Dick Steffens wrote: > Is there a recommended too or procedure for logging how much data I > use > while hosting a Zoom meeting? The meeting typically takes about an > hour > and 20 minutes. I need to know how much "data" I use during that > meeting. > > I've found a link describing vnStat from November, 2011. Is that > still a > recommended tool? Are there better ones? I'll be using eth0 on my > Xubuntu 18.04 laptop, if that matters. > > Thanks. > ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
On Tue, 11 May 2021, Dick Steffens wrote: Is there a recommended too or procedure for logging how much data I use while hosting a Zoom meeting? The meeting typically takes about an hour and 20 minutes. I need to know how much "data" I use during that meeting. Dick, I know that the wireless telcos limit 'data' download (however that's calculated) but have not seen where there's a data limit using a FiOS or cable connection to the 'Net. Regards, Rich ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
[PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom
Is there a recommended too or procedure for logging how much data I use while hosting a Zoom meeting? The meeting typically takes about an hour and 20 minutes. I need to know how much "data" I use during that meeting. I've found a link describing vnStat from November, 2011. Is that still a recommended tool? Are there better ones? I'll be using eth0 on my Xubuntu 18.04 laptop, if that matters. Thanks. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
