What do you think about sending this message in reply to a "NTOP has a bug" ? Some people who need/want support from someone like you may not have read this message ( like new members to the mailing list, etc..)
-- Blake --- "Burton M. Strauss III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Look, I don't mind helping people, but you do have > to give me and the rest > of the people monitoring this mailing list some > basic information. > > So, I'm going to serve notice that I will not reply > to ANY "NTop has a bug" > messages unless you provide some reasonable > information about your > configuration! > > (If you don't like it, ask somebody else to support > you... I don't think > it's unreasonable to ask it... If you're > uncomfortable giving specifics > (such as which mail server, then leave it generic)) > > Specifically: > > Hardware > Type & # of processors (given in your msg) > Amount of memory > # network interfaces and types (vendor, bus, > etc.) > > Software > NTop version, source and any applied patches > Linux vendor & version > Any major upgrades (kernel, networking, etc.) > gcc version (e.g. gcc --version) > glibc version > What else is running > > Network > Roughly where are the interface(s) you're > monitoring (Public Internet, > Private LAN, what?) > What's the bandwidth (e.g. 10 Mbps University > internet, 1.5 Mbps T1, > CableModem capped at 1.5Mbps, 56K dialup) > How many machines (traffic > sources/destinations) and users > > So, for example, my setup: > > Hardware > Pentium III 600 w/ 256MB RAM, one processor > 4 NICS (all PCI - 3Com and NetGear) - 1 snort, > 1 external, 1 internal, > 1 future > > Software > NTop 2.0 as release with patches under > development for statistics, etc. > LinuxFromScratch v3.0-pre3 with most packages > near current levels > Kernel 2.4.13 > gcc 2.95.2.1 > glibc 2.2.1 w/ linuxthreads > Also: mail server, private dns, ssh and snort > > Network > External interface is "public internet" - > CableModem, capped at 1.5 > Mbps download, 128 Kbps upload. > Internal network is home lan, 2 users (1 very > light) and a variety of > machine > > ?s comments - let 'em rip! > > -----Burton > > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://listmanager.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listmanager.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
