simple network traffic query tool

[Roger Olofsson]

Tobias Kirschstein skrev:
> hi,
> 
> i'm looking for a small tool to query the current network traffic (kb
> IN and OUT) per interface. is there any sysctl or tool which gives me a
> similar output to "systat -ifstat":
> 
>                     /0   /1   /2   /3   /4   /5   /6   /7   /8   /9   /10
>      Load Average   ||||                                                 
>                  
>       Interface           Traffic               Peak                Total
>             lo0  in      0.000 KB/s          0.000 KB/s          226.079 KB
>                  out     0.000 KB/s          0.000 KB/s          226.079 KB
> 
>            wpi0  in      0.000 KB/s          0.000 KB/s          164.577 MB
>                  out     0.000 KB/s          0.000 KB/s            6.205 MB
> 
> the background:
> unfortunately the network monitor build into superkaramba does not work
> for freebsd, os i want to write a widget which uses sysctl or any other
> tool if available got get this information. systat is not appropriate
> to be used because it does not terminate on its own as i see.
> 
> 

Hello,

If you want something more of a web service you could install SNMP from 
ports and use Cacti (also from ports). See http://www.cacti.net/ for a 
quick glance at what you'll get.

Just my nickels worth.

/Roger