Re: [PLUG] How to check bandwidth usage remotely via command-line?

[Michael Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com>]

On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 18:08, M.Simons wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Mike Leone wrote:
> > Matthew Ozor (mtozor@yahoo.com) had this to say on 04/16/04 at 13:45:
> > > Can you see current incoming and outgoing transfers
> > > from the command line and get there rate?
> > Exactly.
> > More generally - foret starting the huge download. I connect in via SSH. I
> > wanna know how much of my bandwidth is in use at the moment (perhaps I'm
> 
> Well, if you were just talking about the huge download... I might ask if
> the software you are using (or could use) would tell you the information
> you want to know.

It does. But it's a GUI app (a BitTorrent app, and yes - I know there's
CLI equivalents, but I wasn't running those :-)

> 
> If so, I would ask, is there a CLI tool you can use that would also tell
> you the information you want while downloading the file rather than a GUI
> tool you currently use to download the file?  Run the tool in a screen
> session, and when you ssh in, you could reattach to that screen session
> and get the info you want to know.

Another good option.

However, the BWM solution will show bandwidth use at any time, which is
much more universally useful.


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