On 03/01/2017 02:33 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > *NOTE BENE* > Capitalization in subject line semantically important :> > > I have significant bandwidth constraints. > I have been asked to participate in a project requiring significant data > transfers. > I wish to run a test case to estimate the connectivity "cost". > If it is significant, I use Debian Jessie. > For the test case the source/destination is of secondary importance. > > Is there a tool which can be > "turned on" at time t0 > "turned off" at time t1 > which will report the number of > "uploaded" bytes > "downloaded" bytes > in that interval? > > If the tool reports more, no problem -- it will likely be ignored. > TIA >
'iftop' is a nifty bandwidth tool. it has a bunch of options also, if you run a OpenWRT compatible Wifi router, you can give firmware from https://www.gargoyle-router.com/ Its a customization of OpenWrt that can provide heaps of bandwidth data. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
