Saturday, March 28, 2009

Monitor Network Usage / Network Status

Debain / Ubuntu Installation


Install by using following command:-

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ntop


Centos / RedHat Installation

Download the RPM packages:-

http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/ntop/
http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/fedora/4/i386/glib-1.2.10-16.i386.html


Install all RPM packages using following command:-

rpm -ivh  glib-1.2.10-16.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh ntop-3.2-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm


After finish installion ntop for both, need to setup the admin password:-

/usr/sbin/ntop -A
OR
sudo /usr/sbin/ntop -A


Restart ntop service:-

/etc/init.d/ntop restart


by default ntop using port 3000, verify by using following command:-

netstat -tulpn | grep :3000


follow this link to view network status and usgae:-

http://localhost:3000/
or
http://{IP number}:3000/


ntop_preview

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