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Is there a top-like command that shows the network bandwidths and file accesses of running processes

For example, we'd like to see: PROCESS IF TX RX FILE(regular) R/W prog1 eth0 200kB/s 12kB/s -- -- wlan0 12kB/s 100kB/s -- ...
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1answer
192 views

Network bandwidth measurement on Solaris

I want to install pathtest or a program like it in a Sparc server running solaris 10. The purpose is to make a speedtest server to my remote sites. It is mentioned in pathtest FAQ that it only ...
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2answers
468 views

How does iperf calculate throughput and jitter?

I've read that iperf basically tries to send as much information down a connection as quickly as possible reporting on the throughput achieved. This tool is especially useful in determining the volume ...
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3answers
452 views

Limiting a specific shell's internet bandwidth usage

I want update my linux in one shell but by default wget or axel in updater use all the bandwidth. How can I limit the speed in this shell? I want other shells to have a fair share, and to limit ...
2
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1answer
175 views

Constantly pinging a server

I am not sure if this is exactly the right place for this question, but there is no networking stack exchange. I want to ping a server a bunch of times (eg.10,000+) to gather information on the ...
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3answers
3k views

Find out network traffic per IP

We have one central server which functions as an internet gateway. This server is connected to the internet, and using iptables we forward traffic and share the internet connection among all computers ...
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5answers
5k views

How can I limit the bandwidth used by a process?

I have a CentOS 5.7 server that will be backing up its files nightly. I am concerned that visitors to the various sites that the server hosts will experience degraded performance while the backup is ...
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2answers
131 views

How to identify the program that uses most bandwidth?

How can i know which application is costing the most network bandwidth ? I saw some graph from KDE's network monitor , but don't know which process did that. Thanks !
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5answers
8k views

How to limit network bandwidth?

Problem: We are hosting an application on remote server. We need to test it with a limited network bandwidth (for users with bad Internet access). Question: Can I limit my internet bandwidth (in ...
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1answer
241 views

netcat throughput low but iperf high [closed]

I was testing the throughput between two pcs connected on the same router: one with 100mbps lan, the other with 54mbps wifi. I tested both netcat and iperf and the throughtput I get is only 2.6mb/s. ...
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2answers
867 views

Reducing packet loss in tc rate limiting

I use this tc command to limit upload speed on an interface: tc qdisc add dev eth1 root tbf rate 2mbit burst 10kb latency 70ms peakrate 2.4mbit minburst 1540 But it results in heavy packet loss. ...
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1answer
366 views

Bandwidth control in linux

How do I control both the inbound and outbound bandwidth in a RHEL 5 router?
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4answers
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Network monitoring tool

I'm basically looking for a utility that displays which processes are using how much bandwidth, similar to how top displays which processes use how much resources.