Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-13 Thread Dick Steffens
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

Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-13 Thread Dick Steffens
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

Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-13 Thread Dick Steffens
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

Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-13 Thread Russell Senior
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

Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-13 Thread Paul Heinlein
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

Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-13 Thread Russell Senior
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:

Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-13 Thread Dick Steffens
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

Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-12 Thread TomasK
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

Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-12 Thread Dick Steffens
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

Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-12 Thread TomasK
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

Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-12 Thread Dick Steffens
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

Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-11 Thread Dick Steffens
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

Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-11 Thread Larry Brigman
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: >

Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-11 Thread Rich Shepard
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

Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-11 Thread Dick Steffens
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

Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-11 Thread Bill Barry
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

Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-11 Thread Dick Steffens
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

Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-11 Thread Dick Steffens
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

Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-11 Thread TomasK
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

Re: [PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-11 Thread Rich Shepard
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

[PLUG] Logging network use while using Zoom

2021-05-11 Thread Dick Steffens
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