Information about the package, iptraf, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The iptraf package is designed for, A console-based network monitoring utility.
Package Name:
iptraf
Summary:
A console-based network monitoring utility
Description:
IPTraf is a console-based network monitoring utility. IPTraf gathers data like TCP connection packet and byte counts, interface statistics and activity indicators, TCP/UDP traffic breakdowns, and LAN station packet and byte counts. IPTraf features include an IP traffic monitor which shows TCP flag information, packet and byte counts, ICMP details, OSPF packet types, and oversized IP packet warnings; interface statistics showing IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, non-IP and other IP packet counts, IP checksum errors, interface activity and packet size counts; a TCP and UDP service monitor showing counts of incoming and outgoing packets for common TCP and UDP application ports, a LAN statistics module that discovers active hosts and displays statistics about their activity; TCP, UDP and other protocol display filters so you can view just the traffic you want; logging; support for Ethernet, FDDI, ISDN, SLIP, PPP, and loopback interfaces; and utilization of the built-in raw socket interface of the Linux kernel, so it can be used on a wide variety of supported network cards.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.0.1
Release:
14.el6
Size:
316 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the iptraf package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install iptraf
This command will install iptraf on the server.
yum remove iptraf
This command will un-install iptraf on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iptraf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove iptraf
This command will un-install iptraf on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove iptraf when using the -y flag.
yum update iptraf
This command will update iptraf to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iptraf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update iptraf
This command will update iptraf to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove iptraf when using the -y flag.
yum info iptraf
This command will show you core information about the iptraf package.
yum deplist iptraf
This command will show you the dependencies for iptraf. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update iptraf
This command will check if there is an update waiting on iptraf. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.