Information about the package, iptraf-ng, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The iptraf-ng package is designed for, A console-based network monitoring utility.
Package Name:
iptraf-ng
Summary:
A console-based network monitoring utility
Description:
IPTraf-ng 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-ng 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:
1.1.4
Release:
4.el6
Size:
296 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the iptraf-ng package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install iptraf-ng
This command will install iptraf-ng on the server.
yum remove iptraf-ng
This command will un-install iptraf-ng on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iptraf-ng, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove iptraf-ng
This command will un-install iptraf-ng 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-ng when using the -y flag.
yum update iptraf-ng
This command will update iptraf-ng to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iptraf-ng, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update iptraf-ng
This command will update iptraf-ng 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-ng when using the -y flag.
yum info iptraf-ng
This command will show you core information about the iptraf-ng package.
yum deplist iptraf-ng
This command will show you the dependencies for iptraf-ng. 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-ng
This command will check if there is an update waiting on iptraf-ng. 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.