Re: [PLUG] monitoring MAGNITUDE of internet activity - how?

2017-03-04 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/04/2017 11:02 AM, Galen Seitz wrote: > On 03/04/17 00:41, Richard Owlett wrote: >> On 03/02/2017 01:48 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: >>> On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 04:33:57PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: Is there a tool which can be "turned on" at time t0 "turned off" at time t1

Re: [PLUG] monitoring MAGNITUDE of internet activity - how?

2017-03-04 Thread Galen Seitz
On 03/04/17 00:41, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/02/2017 01:48 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 04:33:57PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: >>> Is there a tool which can be >>> "turned on" at time t0 >>> "turned off" at time t1 >>> which will report the number of >>>

Re: [PLUG] monitoring MAGNITUDE of internet activity - how?

2017-03-04 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/02/2017 01:48 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 04:33:57PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: >> 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

Re: [PLUG] monitoring MAGNITUDE of internet activity - how?

2017-03-02 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 04:33:57PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > 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? For your purposes, perhaps you pipe a standard

Re: [PLUG] monitoring MAGNITUDE of internet activity - how?

2017-03-02 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/01/2017 07:23 PM, King Beowulf wrote: > 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 >>

Re: [PLUG] monitoring MAGNITUDE of internet activity - how?

2017-03-02 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/01/2017 05:32 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/01/2017 04:44 PM, Robert Citek wrote: >> Would /proc/net/dev give you the info you are looking for? > > I don't know. > Will investigate when awake. > Thank you. A good night's sleep and a cup of coffee (even if decaf) yields a *POSITIVE*

Re: [PLUG] monitoring MAGNITUDE of internet activity - how?

2017-03-01 Thread King Beowulf
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

Re: [PLUG] monitoring MAGNITUDE of internet activity - how?

2017-03-01 Thread King Beowulf
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

Re: [PLUG] monitoring MAGNITUDE of internet activity - how?

2017-03-01 Thread Richard Owlett
On 03/01/2017 04:44 PM, Robert Citek wrote: > Would /proc/net/dev give you the info you are looking for? I don't know. Will investigate when awake. Thank you. > > $ sudo cat /proc/net/dev > Inter-| Receive| Transmit > face |bytespackets

Re: [PLUG] monitoring MAGNITUDE of internet activity - how?

2017-03-01 Thread Robert Citek
Would /proc/net/dev give you the info you are looking for? $ sudo cat /proc/net/dev Inter-| Receive| Transmit face |bytespackets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytespackets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed eth0:

[PLUG] monitoring MAGNITUDE of internet activity - how?

2017-03-01 Thread Richard Owlett
*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